Now, I believe this is an obvious case of insider trading that even Ivan Boesky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Boesky) would agree: The share price of Varengold Bank (Germany) since 30.06.2014: https://de.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=VG8.DE#symbol=VG8.DE;range=3m and then yesterday this here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/varengoldbank-results-idUKWEB00R9U20140808 I guess, somebody in the bank with access to the half year figures was singing like a bird from the rooflight: