$7 Billion in Well-Timed Oil Bets Spark Insider Trading Concerns Amid Iran Announcements

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief(Worthy News) – A series of unusually large market bets on falling oil prices — totaling an estimated $7 billion — is drawing growing scrutiny after the trades repeatedly occurred minutes before major Iran-related policy announcements by President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters analysis and market experts.The trades, spread across oil, gasoline, and diesel futures on the Intercontinental Exchange and CME Group exchanges, report