Five people were arrested Sunday for allegedly sending text messages containing false information about Bulgaria’s banks as a more serious bank run was averted after the government offered a credit line to calm frayed nerves. Bulgaria’s banking system destabilization averted The Associated Press is reporting that five people were arrested Sunday for using text messages, e-mail and even old school phone calls “to spread false information that caused detriment to commercial banks and destabilized the banking system.” On Friday banks had to close their doors early in Europe’s poorest country due to a run on the banks, but on Monday the…
Bulgaria Averts a Bank Run (Barely)
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.