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View Resource Day Traders At Risk

On July 29, 1999, Mark Barton, a 44-year old day trader, opened fire at two Atlanta brokerage firms, killing nine people and injuring thirteen before taking his own life. Barton had recently lost an estimated half a million dollars trading, according to The New York Times. Coincidentally, just a week and a half after the tragedy in Atlanta, the North American Securities Administrators Association...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/be/1999/0812