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TOP STORIES White House assessing options to aid carmakers - AP 'All Just One Big Lie' - Washington Post China plans to increase money supply 17% in ... MARKETS/INVESTING Wall Street focus: Autos and the Fed - CNN/Money Comex said warning brokers about December gold squeeze - GATA Commodity Boom Is So Over - Washington Post Comparison of 1928-32 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 13:53:50
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The International Future Exchange, Futures and options online trading, systems trading, managed futures, discount trading, simulated trading, free re 1 Vote(s) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 01:04:30
Option Greek In The Market
by Walter Fox Trading which is a practice dating way back in time involved the exchange of commodities by two or more people, ... their money, a market was created for stock brokers, trading methods, and helpers. Trading software was thus introduced to the share trading market. This software has been numerously tried and tested [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 18:44:18
How to Build a Village by Claude Lewenz
Many of us have these secret dreams. Dreams that don’t fit into our current experience but we can’t get them out of our hearts. Dreams of a life without alienation. Where we live close to our relatives but not in their laps. Where the daily drudgery of traffic is replaced with a jaunty walk to work along a promenade where the only wheels are [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:15:45
Option Trading And Stock Market Risks
Option trading is not considered a great investment choice for a novice investor. It involves high risk and is typically a quite volatile business ... sources of information you can use to educate yourself before doing real time trading. Trading ... they will come out ahead in their investment. There are fundamental principles in option trading [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 06:12:39
IBFX Adds J.P. Morgan to Growing List of Liquidity Providers
Hi everyone. Looks like IBFX is up to something yet again. They’ve added another bank to their liquidity partners list ... or potential conflicts of interest of a dealing desk broker. The advantages of trading with agency ... -exchange retail foreign currency (Forex/FX) trading, today announced that J.P. Morgan Securities Inc [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 09:51:56
DrumBeat: August 7, 2008
The Peak Oil Crisis: Masking the Peak As world oil production has never peaked before, there is no historical basis for making informed judgments as to what is going to happen. All we know is that some six billion people, living in some 200 economies on this earth are soon going to be confronted with getting by on less than the 86 million [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 12:29:19
Valuations
By Joe Chase of IndexBeating.com The latest trades I have made reflect two situations in which the market has assigned prices to securities that do not reflect their true value. I think I will be able to profit from identifying these mispricings. The first is a commodity that I have been writing about recently and has fallen over 70 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:00:58
Week in Review #47 (2008-11-23)
Does anybody really think our culture is going to change overnight because of a little $55 trillion CDS problem? The fact is that very few of us even know what a Credit Default Swap is and even fewer understand that the source of the global financial, business and economic crisis is the CDS. I warned about this problem more than two years ago [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 14:49:50
Top Five Causes of the Financial Crisis
1. Alternative Realities: The Black-Scholes Revolution Hatched by two Berkeley finance professors, the Black-Scholes model of pricing options securities took hold in the financial industry in the 1980s. It was known as “Portfolio Insurance” because it purported to free traders of all market risk, at least theoretically [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 00:43:12
Stock Market Dictionary - M
MFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that the issue is the company's fourth class of preferred shares. M1Measure of the U.S. money stock that consists of currency held by the public, travelers checks, demand deposits and other checkable deposits including NOW (negotiable order of withdrawal) and ATS (automatic transfer service) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:44:00
"Sorry everyone....what you've been pursuing has all been a lie, a big Ponzi, a rat-hole to nowhere....". Re-boot.
Postscript: I want to acknowledge that the post below came from a wonderful blog, Cassandra does Tokyo and was originally titled "Bernie Comes Out of the Closet". Many thanks and apoligies to those to whom, in the heat of my enthusiam to inform and a passionate desire to widely disseminate cutting edge analysis and comment, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 02:36:18
Broker, Foreign Exchange Transactions
by Jay Visaya There are many Forex brokers to choose from, just as in any other market, choose a broker who will give you what you need to succeed ... exchange brokers registered with the U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Forex market is a true ... is as great as the difference in commissions in the stock market. Make sure your broker is backed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 14:55:02
My Own Cabbage Patch Craze
I remember from 25 years ago the Cabbage Patch craze.I was in my early 20's and didn't know many people with small children. But every night on the news there was a story that someone had heard from a friend of the aunt of a coworker who had overheard a loading dock worker from the Sears across town say that a load of Cabbage Patch dolls were due [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 16:47:00
The economy
CNN By Stephen Gandel and Paul J. Lim Last Updated: October 9, 2008: 12:29 PM ET If you’re watching the news and scratching your head wondering what bomb hit the economy, you’re certainly not alone. It’s rough out there. People are losing their jobs, retirement dreams are going up in smoke and personal wealth is plummeting [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 18:40:36
Brokers And Foreign Exchange Business
by Jay Visaya There are many Forex brokers to choose from, just as in any other market, choose a broker who will give you what you need to succeed ... and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations as well should also be considered. Foreign exchange ... is as great as the difference in commissions in the stock market. The broker is backed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 14:55:59
Stock Market Dictionary - I
IFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is the third preferred bond of the company. I.B.E.S ... AssociationI.T.S.See: Intermarket trading systemIBC's money fund report averageReport giving the average yield ... and can be diversified through holding a portfolio of stocks.I-I pageRefers to over-the-counter trading. Same [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:40:00
After Obama Victory, What to Expect in Middle East
My friend Sol Salbe just told me that after Michelle Obama, the next happiest woman in the world about Barack Obama’s victory is Tzipi Livni. Israelis are no fools. Despite their vaunted independence and prickliness when the world appears to be telling them what to do, Israelis “don’t need a weathervane to know which way the winds blow [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 08:29:30
CPI Drops Most On Record, What's Ahead?
For many months now I have been saying the CPI was going to go negative and stay there for quite some time. This was an easy call to make given the plunge in commodity prices in general and gasoline prices specifically.The effect would be even greater if housing prices were properly reflected in the CPI [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 05:05:00
A SOCIAL MOVEMENT THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM CULTURAL MOVEMENT
Convincing the average omnivore that animal rights, or better said, animal protection matters is not an easy task. It is a social movement about change. Reading an article in today's NY Times Magazine about this exact challenge I wondered how Cultural Movement could make a difference. "Social change," you ask? [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 20:41:01
How To Figure Out The Best Time To Get Into Forex Trading
The recent financial calamity has made it tough times for investors, and indeed these are bearish times for investors everywhere ... and futures - the traditional investment choices for making money. Those of us who have been trading ... be done almost anywhere and access to its mainframe and different Forex trading systems means [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:19:09
foreign currency scam
UPDATE: On May 22, 2008, the Congress passed H.R. 6124, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (also known as “the Farm Bill”) ... a sharp rise in foreign currency (forex) trading scams. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 ... trading authority and operate pools with respect to retail off-exchange foreign currency transactions [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 11:15:07
Stock Market Trading: Risks, Benefits, And Options
Stock market trading often conjures up images of great wealth and, contrasting that, they very real possibility of loss ... from one security to another, it’s important to be clearly informed. Option trading is a security like stocks and bonds, but carries greater risks. An example of option trading is buying land. Let’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 06:12:37
Why Forex Is The Best Online Trading Game
It is said that investment is the last greatest game left on earth and it is truly warfare in the market place of Wall Street or any brokerage ... trading game there is. So what exactly makes Forex the best? How many markets can boast ... often get done immediately and this has been further augmented with the fact that the Forex trading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 07:22:22
Stock Market Dictionary - D
DFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is a new issue, such as the result of a reverse split ... commodity, futures, and options markets are allowed to rise or fall in a day. Exchanges usually impose ... in the context of stocks to refer to the date trading begins on a new stock issued to the public.Date [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:33:00
Debt Rattle, November 20 2008: Look What Reward the Serpent Got
National Photo Co. God and Ford 1924 Ford Motor Co. building on Pennsylvania Avenue, Metropolitan Methodist Church on C Street Washington, D.C. Ilargi: If Wall Street were forced today to take a breathalyzer test and walk a straight line, it would lose its license and be locked up [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 22:40:26
Broker And Forex Trading
by Jay Visaya There are many Forex brokers to choose from, just as in any other market, choose a broker who will give you what you need to succeed ... with the Commission’s future and the merchants and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations as well should ... . Here are some things what to look for in Forex brokers when you work in forex trad [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 18:00:46
Stock Market Dictionary - E
EFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that an issue has not met the reporting date for the company's SEC regulatory filing requirements.EAFE indexSee: European Australian and Far East indexEASDSee: European Association of Securities DealersEBIATSee: Earnings Before Interest after TaxesEBITSee: Earnings Before Interest and TaxesEBITDSee: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:36:00
Gold, Silver and the Great UnwindOne person accused me of "Yellow Journalism" over the first post, ... on naked shorting for shares of the broker dealers, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. That is just a partial ... , some gold-market analysts/observers have said that the catalyst for the rally was the purchase, by foreign [more...]
Date: 2008-08-16 16:12:12
Debt Rattle, October 30 2008: Swamps and Swaps
Lewis Wickes Hine Ethel June 1911. Ethel Shumate has rolled cigarettes in Danville, VA, factory for six months. Says she's 13 years old, but looks much younger. Ilargi: The US is now 'officially' on the edge of a recession, This looks very much like another way of saying the government gave up on trying the cook the books and massage the [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 18:55:47
Making Good Decisions - Part 2
In the last post we saw the need for having great advisors to help you make great decisions. Now here is an interesting problem. Suppose you find a few moral, wise people with deep expertise in the matter you are inquiring about. You pose your question to your trusted advisors and they disagree about the answer [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 10:11:17
How To Tell If FX Trading Is A Scam
If you're a keen investor or just starting out in the investment game, you might find yourself asking this very question: Is FX trading just another investment scam? With so much literature all over the internet and on the offline world urging you to consider FX trading as an investment option, you are caught asking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 23:53:17
I Meant to Do That
I Meant to Do That December 19, 2008 By John Mauldin The Fed has taken interest rates to zero. They have clearly started a program of quantitative easing. What exactly does that mean? Are we all now Japanese? Is the Fed pushing on a string, as Japan has done for almost two decades? [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 13:29:22
DrumBeat: September 15, 2008
Former oil exec: Gas rationing needed John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil Co. and one of the most influential voices in the oil industry, called for short-term gasoline rationing by introducing odd-even purchases based on an automobile's license plate and by limiting the amount of gasoline drivers can purchase [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 13:35:56
Early Suspicions About Bernard Madoff
Early Suspicions About Bernard Madoff - by Stephen LendmanOn December 12, 2008, the Wall Street Journal headlined: "Top Broker Accused of $50 Billion Fraud. Bernard L. Madoff....was arrested by federal agents (the previous day) after his sons turned him in for running what they said their father called a giant Ponzi scheme [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 11:22:00
Stock Market Dictionary - B
Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is the Class B shares of the company.B2BAn Internet strategy of dealing directly with businesses, rather than consumers, i.e. business to (2) business.BAThe two-character ISO 3166 country code forBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:31:00
This Week In Securities Litigation (November 21, 2008)
In securities litigation this week, there were two significant circuit court cases ... . In private litigation, a derivative suit based on option backdating was dismissed for lack of standing ... , as the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 04:56:16
Foreign Currency Trading
Managers, pp. 291-299, which can be accessed through the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill Homepage ... currency (forex) trading scams.The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) made clear ... -exchange trading of foreign currency futures and options contracts with retail customers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 19:18:00
FX Trading - Is it All a Scam?
If you’re a keen investor or just starting out in the investment game, you might find yourself asking this very question: Is FX trading just another investment scam? With so much literature all over the internet and on the offline world urging you to consider FX trading as an investment option, you are caught asking [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 12:39:39
An Economic Education In Florida
WJXT Jacksonville reports from Florida. “In the latest byproduct of the widening global financial crisis, Citigroup Inc. will acquire the banking operations of Wachovia Corp. — the second largest bank in Florida. As details of its takeover unfolded, Wachovia shares plunged 91 percent to 94 cents [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 14:00:35
Stock Market Dictionary - A
A Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying Class A shares.AAIISee: American Association of Individual InvestorsABOSee: Accumulated Benefit ObligationABSSee: Automated Bond SystemACATSee: Automated Customer Account TransferACESSee: Advance Computerized Execution SystemACHSee: Automated Clearing HouseACRSSee: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:28:00
This Week In Securities Litigation (November 28, 2008)
As the market crisis continues, two new bills were introduced in Congress, ... based plea agreements. The D.C. Circuit upheld an SEC order barring an investment advisor. The court ... by the statute. The SEC concluded two insider trading cases this week which had been in litigation [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 02:51:13
Stock Market Dictionary - L
LFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that the issue is a class of stock such as third preferred class of warrants, foreign preferred, sixth class of preferred stock, or preferred when issued stock. LAThe two-character ISO 3166 country code for LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.LAKThe ISO 4217 currency code for Laos New Kip [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:43:00
Leverage Is an 8 Letter Word
Leverage Is an 8 Letter Word November 21, 2008 By John Mauldin Leverage is an eight-letter word, which the markets now regard as twice as bad as the two four-letter words debt and pain (or fill in your own four-letter words). This week I try to give some insight into what is happening in the credit markets, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 15:27:04
Professional Look at S & P Day Trading: Donald Trivette
Professional Look at S & P Day Trading: Donald Trivette Posted on 10 Nov 2008 under Business & Investing [ ... College in Dublin, North Carolina, for 5 years. In 1982 he became a stock and commodity broker with Interstate Johnson Lane in Statesville, North Carolina. He was a broker with Interstate until moving [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 06:34:06
Stock Market Dictionary - S
SFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying a beneficial interest.SAThe two-character ISO 3166 country code for SAUDI ARABIA.SAIFSee: Savings Association Insurance FundSARThe ISO 4217 currency code for the Saudi Arabian Riyal.SATURNSSee Structured Asset Trust Unit Repackagings.SBThe two-character ISO 3166 country code for SOLOMON ISLANDS [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:50:00
Stock Market Dictionary - P
PFifth letter of Nasdaq stock symbol specifying issue is the company's first class of preferred shares.P2PBusiness slang, usually used in reference to startups or internet startup,refers to "path to profitability.".PAThe two-character ISO 3166 country Code for PANAMA.PABThe ISO 4217 currency code for the Panama Balboa [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:46:00
Stock Market Dictionary - N
N Fifth letter in a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that the issue is the company's third class of preferred shares. NA The two-character ISO 3166 country code for NAMIBIA. NAD The ISO 4217 currency code for the Namibian Dollar. NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers Nasdaq See: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:44:00
Stock Market Trading: Risks, Benefits, And Options
Stock Market Trading: Risks, Benefits, And Options Stock market trading often creates false thinking of things like great wealth and, ... the risk and payoff varies drastically from one security to another. Option trading ... and you are out whatever you paid for the option. There are many ways to learn option trading or stock market [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 00:12:35
Stock Market Dictionary - R
Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that the stock has rights.RAMSee: Reverse-annuity mortgageRAPSee: Regulatory accounting proceduresREThe two-character ISO 3166 country code for REUNION.REITSee: Real Estate Investment TrustREMICSee: Real Estate Mortgage Investment ConduitROThe two-character ISO 3166 country code for ROMANIA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:48:00
