the veteran business writer william cohan details some suspicious trades that made people billions. one trade in june generated $1.8 billion in profit for someone who just bought future assets just before president trump announced trade talks with china were back on track, which at that point was known to no one. but we should note this reporting has received substantial pushback from some outlets. with us here tonight, stephanie ruhle happens to be a veteran of the investment banking and business world. see what we did there? she is of course host of the 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. hours on this very network. stephanie, the other way of asking this, is someone really that lucky? >> is someone really that lucky? is someone really that smart? is someone really that dumb? it's too soon to tell. what bill cohan is pointing out is noteworthy. think about this. we have a president who has been moving markets from the get-go, and the dates that bill cohan is pointing out are noteworthy, while markets are embroiled in all of these negative worries and talks, that we're in this trade war that w