SIPC: Lehman To Be Liquidated

How did this little gem slip by unnoticed? Tomorrow at 4PM, Lehman is to be liquidated ... of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... in connection with a proposed sale of the business of the broker-dealer to Barclays Capital Inc. A hearing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 05:00:00

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President Bush Threatens Veto of Poison-pill Laden Drilling Bill; Oil Falls to $90/bbl

—Gabriel Malor So far, Republicans have managed not to cave on offshore drilling (though ANWR seems to be out of the question) ... . In related news, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission actually looked through the data ... the six-month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 14:55:10

Study Shows Speculators Helped LOWER Oil Prices

It was said to be the year of speculators gone wild ... , the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has offered hard statistical data that financial trading hasn't ... -month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price of oil [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 15:39:38

Treasury Recap July 22 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities fell sharply today as supply fears and hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official spooked the markets ... in commodities came at an inopportune time for taxpayers. The auction tailed 5 basis points. (Tail ... prevailed in the brokers market prior to the auction. A long tail indicates that neither the dealer [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 19:56:00

Energy/Credit/Currency Crisis Open Thread

In what feels like the middle of a multi-round heavyweight bout, the world financial markets continue to be buffeted tonight, ... energy and commodities prices and considerably less confidence in the overall system than in weeks ... banks. And since this liquidity goes only to banks and major broker-dealers, the rest of the shadow [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 13:50:22

Forex Trading- Size is Key to Survival

by singapore trader reports The legendary commodities trader Ed Seykota, who turned $5,000 into $15 million over a period of 12 years, was teaching a class in technical trading to a college class some years ago when he decided ... of any dealer’s trading plan. He said his class they were going to contend in a trading competition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 01:03:50

Oil prices sink further below USD 40

Oil prices fell further below USD 40 in Asian trade on Tuesday in a market plagued by weak energy demand, dealers said. ... sweet crude for delivery in February, shed 77 cents to USD 39.14 a barrel in morning trade after sliding ... in London on Monday. “The market is in freefall,” said Mark Pervan, senior commodities analyst with ANZ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 09:02:47

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