Unscheduled events also punctuate market flow and refocus global attention

Evidence

Nevertheless, unscheduled events—ranging from natural disasters to political upheavals, as well as insider knowledge of possible developments (e.g., mergers and acquisitions, which often require huge sums of foreign money)—also shape the stories; these unscheduled events punctuate the flow and refocus global fields as well. — Karin Knorr Cetina & Urs Bruegger, Global Microstructures, 97

Categorization

• CANDY: The odd list pairing of ‘natural disasters to political upheavals’ with ‘insider knowledge of possible developments’ like mergers is a wry juxtaposition worth a light remark.
• XREF: connects to: Scheduled market events synchronize global attention and create periodic emotional arousal — Karin Knorr Cetina & Urs Bruegger, Global Microstructures: The Virtual…, 97; Fundamentally unrelated market phenomena can suddenly move in lock-step within a global microstructure — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 1088; Compressed decision time makes financial markets prone to cascading collapse — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1938 (+3 more)

Related

• Scheduled market events synchronize global attention and create periodic emotional arousal (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Fundamentally unrelated market phenomena can suddenly move in lock-step within a global microstructure #expands (0.82) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 1088
• Market pricing regimes shift with historical events, not gradual efficiency gains #expands (0.78) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 151
• Compressed decision time makes financial markets prone to cascading collapse #expands (0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1938
• Traders manipulate spreads, delays, and prices within a status-governed relational market. #expands (0.72) — Karin Knorr Cetina & Urs Bruegger, Global Microstructures, 117