Silver Thursday was an event that occurred in the United States in the silver commodity markets on Thursday, March 27, 1980, following the Hunt brothers' attempt at cornering the silver market. A subsequent steep fall in silver prices led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
Porsche makes more VW stock available to desperate short-sellers
It seems that the Hunts were nobbled, the changes to the rules they were trading under, the federal reserve instructing banks not to lend them money, etc.?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday
Silver Thursday was an event that occurred in the United States in the silver commodity markets on Thursday, March 27, 1980, following the Hunt brothers' attempt at cornering the silver market. A subsequent steep fall in silver prices led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
Porsche makes more VW stock available to desperate short-sellers
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/oct/29/vw-volkswag...