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Strategies & Market Trends : Currencies and the Global Capital Markets

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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (1959)7/12/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: Paul Berliner  Read Replies (2) of 3536
 
I think a conflict may arise in an option where HULL is the primary MM and Goldman clients already own significant positions in the underlying security. There's also a question of if inside info will be used in order to generate extraordinary trading profits.

EX. Goldman analyst to downgrade airlines on expiration Friday.
Info leaked to options MM dept thrusday, where they hike the vols on relevant puts for no apparent reason and make calls attractively cheap, in essence ripping off investors.
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