DislikedHi everybody, My name is Ira Iosebashvili and I'm a reporter with the Wall Street Journal in New York. We're looking to talk with individual investors who had/have accounts with FXCM about the day of the Swissie's big rally (and its aftermath) for a story we're doing. We'd be interested in what trades you had on, your reaction to the big move, what you plan to do next, etc. If you care to talk, please send me an email at ira dot iosebashvili at wsj dot com. We'd love to hear from you! My two latest stories on the pain the Swiss franc's rally has...Ignored
The more this gets attention in the media the more it attracts the attention of regulators. These people are only interested in selling sensationalism, hence.......
QuoteDislikedWhy do your articles make it sound like risking everything by margin trading a pegged currency was in any way normal. It wasn't. It was an archetypal "picking up nickels in front of a steamroller" trade. Traders and brokers were willingly taking extreme risks. The innocent victims were some of the customers of Alpari who, while taking no stupid risks themselves, where unaware that their broker was.
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