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Trader who lost $456 million says he was basically working in ‘nuclear reactor’
Alexis Stenfors worked as a currency trader for Merrill Lynch in London back in 2009, when global markets were still reeling from their worst crisis in almost a century. Stenfors, a trader with 15 years experience, had a hunch that there was more carnage to come and that the financial system was about to implode. He essentially bet his career on it. It turned out to be a huge mistake. Stenfors lost big, covered it up, was caught red-handed, lost his job, earned the dubious distinction of “rogue trader” and was banned from the City for five years. Merrill Lynch BAC, +0.93% would eventually announce that the total ... (full story)
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