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Hi, this guy is a scam; he apparently lives in the house of his girlfriend in London, and has some EUR 1,000 euros on his bank account, so is a little bit less of a "small time trader" - in fact he himself confessed that "trading is only a hobby" for him (well of course, with 1,000 euro..). This is at least the summary of an article form the Italian financial newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore", below for those of you that can read a bit of Italian. http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/finanza-e-mercati/2011-09-28/grande-bluff-trader-finedimondo-132931.shtml?uuid=AaKjOF8D&fromSearch A mystery remains as to how a guy like that goes on the BBC announcing the future collapse of the eurozone; probably just poor journalistic work coupled with picking up a guy who overreacted to the excitement of being on air on the BBC... best marco On 9/29/11 4:59 PM, Aaron Franks wrote: > >From what i've seen online in the Guardian's comment section, he is, > in a sense, an actor in that he is an extremely 'small time' trader > (net worth as a trader supposedly -£4000) who is relishing the chance > to pull out some high octane Gordon Gecko moves on the BBC stage. He > clearly loves his role as both trader and provocative 'outsider' > commentator. Goldman Sachs still runs the world though... > > On 29 September 2011 16:53, Thomas Doerfler > <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Am 29.09.2011 um 17:35 schrieb Jonathan Cloke: > > > Those of you who read/remember my previous post on the ongoing > market collapse and forthcoming break-up of the Eurozone should > listen to this gentleman, Alessio Rastani. Every so often, through > the fog of battle and pure propaganda, someone forgets themself > and you hear the pure, unalloyed truth. Worth watching for the > reaction of the BBC newsreader alone: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsDjTbP7TS0 > > > seems so far as if he's a con man. And in fact, he doesn't tell > anything with substance, listen closely. Albeit he's right what he > says 'bout the system in his mockery. If you need a talented actor > for a critical play on today's capitalism, take him. > > thomas > > > > > -- > Aaron Franks > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences > University of Glasgow > PhD student homepage <http://www.ges.gla.ac.uk:443/postgraduates/afranks> > -- Marco Allegra, PhD Research Fellow Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES) Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa - Instituto Universitàrio de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) Edifício ISCTE, Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa (PT) (+39) 347 2320209 (Italy) (+972) 054 3927683 (Israel/Palestine) (+351) 938 294397 (Portugal) http://www.dsp.unito.it/it/assegn_collab.asp?d=allegra&n=marco&c=allegra