Gary Gensler actually said...

I think that all of the markets that the CFTC has oversight for, futures markets and hopefully these other over-the-counter derivatives, where there is something of finite supply, it is susceptible, that underlying product is susceptible to both manipulation, corners--what is called corners and squeezes.

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Gensler discusses the susceptibility of markets to manipulation.

02/24/2009

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