Reassessing Roubini's Predictions

Unfortunately for Roubini, there is no Nobel Prize in Economic for being the best predictor of global financial markets ... , Nouriel predicted the potential shutdown of financial markets. A day later U.S. stock futures suspended trading after declines of more than 6% at opening tripped the circuit breakers. Nonetheless [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 08:05:00

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Oil Squeeze? Blame Yourself

The Journal’s Russell Gold reports: When it comes to the price of crude oil and gasoline, who is in the driver’s seat? One common answer is no one ... into the commodity futures market. All of this plays a role: the availability of supply, financial market interest in commodities, and don’t forget the strength of the U.S. dollar (the global [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 18:43:00

Green Ink: Detroit Gets Greener, Will Jobs?

paper Crude futures peeked above $100 on rebounding stock markets and signs of financial-market stability, Bloomberg reports ... markets, the WSJ reports (sub reqd.), with question marks over commodities trades made with Lehman [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 12:18:37

Getting ahead with your trading in 2009

Dear trader and blog reader, One of the things I have always enjoyed is sharing what I know with others ... Mercantile Exchange in Chicago, Index and Options Market(IOM) Chicago, New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) and The London Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE). Adam is the author of “Right on the Money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:00:34

Some Opening Comments October 8 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities are surging as the turmoil in the world financial markets deepens and resists the best laid plans of ... . European markets are down between 4 percent and 6 percent. Trading in equity futures indicates that the US markets will tumble sharply at the outset if trading were to begin now. The UK government crafted [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 11:12:20

DC’s Cosa Nostra

Judah Freed of examiner.com writes~ “Obama last week tapped Mary Schapiro to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ... Gensler to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Instability in the commodities markets ... financial advisor to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Gensler has not yet shown to critics [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 06:54:25

Apple Rally Stalls, and Stuff

In the course of performing my technical analysis of AAPL day-to-day price movements, I never do it with blinders on ... with an examination of market futures and pre-market economic reports. And includes a broad analysis ... to one another, from airlines to utilities, from health care to commodities, to energy and financials [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 04:51:12

Market Mayhem Watch: Fear and Greed

Guido can't resist and is now actively trading once again in financial markets, attracted by the blood on the streets of New York and London ... to financial futures, foreign exchange and commodities rather than individual stocks. Have an aversion [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 08:29:41

An Economic Sea Change

With all the doom in the markets, it's essential to get a bird's eye reading of economic conditions when expectations suddenly change ... in all markets - stocks, housing, financial, political - will be with us for the foreseeable future ... out of the blocks to recovery. Lower oil/commodity prices also contribute the dollar's rise. VIABILITY [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 13:20:56

Daily Forex Overview

Previous session overview On Monday, the dollar declined across the board Monday, taking its cue from a drop in U.S. stock markets as financial shares sold off. The dollar was also feeling the heat from oil prices that crept back up toward USD125 a barrel on futures markets, indicating that any measurable relief [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 07:20:34

Common Questions About Currency Trading

Although forex is the largest financial market in the world, it is relatively unfamiliar terrain to retail traders ... from other markets?Unlike the trading of stocks, futures or options, currency trading does not take ... .Until the popularization of internet trading a few years ago, FX was primarily the domain of large [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 21:21:00

4 Links I liked:

4 Links I liked: Posted November 7th, 2008 by itrade4real Financial bonds business commodities corn dollar ETF finance futures gold loss markets Money profit risk stock trading treasury Wheat Read the full article: http://www.itrade4real.com/2008/11/links-i-liked.html10vote Our catalyst today is the payroll data at 8:30 am. Not much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 13:46:45

Veteran regulator Mary Schapiro tapped to lead SEC - MarketWatch

Obama picks Mary Schapiro for SEC chief -Former Goldman Sachs official Gensler to head CFTC By Ronald D. Orol, MarketWatch Last update: 2:27 p.m ... and former Treasury undersecretary Gary Gensler to run the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, which regulates trading in the commodities markets. 'Financial regulatory reform will be a top priority [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 21:04:20

I'm Hurting

I'm Hurting by Steven D Fri Oct 24th, 2008 at 08:44: ... to be the currency of choice for cash hoarders. $1 is now worth around 93 yen. The dollar had been trading ... investors and sent world financial markets into a tailspin. The Dow Jones industrial average futures [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:48:13

White gold tarnished

At the start of last year sheep and beef farmers looked enviously at the returns dairy farmers were enjoying and aimed to get prices for meat, ... September last year. The state of global commodity markets isn’t the only problem facing Fonterra ... in any future investment in China.However, the financial losses from the Sanlu investment have already [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:59:59

Secondary Markets

Financial institutions play a key role in matching primary market players who need money with those who have extra funds, ... ), the Chicago Board of Trade (the CBOT trades futures and options), and the Tokyo Stock Exchange ... of an outcry auction is the CBOT, where traders actually meet in a pit and sellers and buyers [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 00:53:36

CNBC VIDEO PPT Well, well, well … it’s early morning and a guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box blurted out in vociferous fashion about how The Working Group on Financial Markets, or the Plunge Protection Team, has been active in the S&P futures ... . *Scott Nations came back with the government is in the bond market, why not the stock market [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 12:00:17

Safe Harbor for Prediction Markets?

As everyone who has read The Wisdom of the Crowds knows, prediction markets are excellent predictors of future events like elections ... Professor John McGinnis reports, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is recognizing the benefits ... , exempting them from cumbersome financial trading laws. As McGinnis argues, creating such an exception would [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 19:29:49

Stock Market Dictionary - K

KFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying the issue has no voting rights ... and options exchange for no. 2 red wheat futures and, options, Value Line Index futures and Mini Value Line ... and Financial Futures ExchangeKLSESee: Kuala Lumpur Stock ExchangeKMFThe ISO 4217 currency code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:42:00

401(k)’s and IRA’s Are For Suckers

401(k)’s and IRA’s Are For Suckers This is a Devil's Advocate post ... community has made investing in the stock market as a means of security your financial future a part [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 11:36:06

Coping With Challenging Markets By Hedging Your Bets: Financial and Personal

Dear Readers, It really has been an amazing time; I've traded the equity markets since late 1977, ... quantitative ones: when negativity is pervasive, it affects future decision-making, with self-fulfilling ... from a leveraged world to a deleveraged one, as credit is unwound throughout the financial system, from banks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 12:23:29

Week Ahead: Ho Ho Hum

Visit the front pages of Wall Street Greek and Market Moving News to see our current coverage of economic reports and financial markets ... of Wall Street survivors still working will take an early look at futures, stick around [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:15:00

OTC Derivative Growth Since 1998

As the world financial markets head into complete meltdown, it is worth taking a moment to look back to see where much of this began ... are meant to monetize risk of default. Futures contracts, options, swaps, and many others allow one party ... for interest rate contracts, commodity contracts, and credit default swaps. Though commodity [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 20:14:31

Personal Finance Blog Tickers

Sometimes, in talking to people, I refer to Blueprint for Financial Prosperity as BFP ... , financial and reputational issues that shape their futures.” It’s traded on the NYSE and is down ... and development of gold and silver deposits in Mexico and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 20:54:12

Stuck on stupid

What with the current high jinks in the financial markets we are of course hearing the usual calls for re-regulation of said markets ... . For example, they never actually take delivery of those commodities: meaning that when it comes to delivery time, the moment when the futures price meets the spot price, they are in fact sellers [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 05:18:42

Who saw this coming? Gas below $1.70

A handful of gas stations in Pierce County are selling gas for $1.69, according to TacomaGasPrices.com ... what today's AP story has to say: Oil futures have followed stock markets recently, using equities as a proxy ... of the year before we begin to decouple and various commodities and financial instruments begin to march [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 20:43:02

Wall Street is buying the Detroit Bridge…..

Prospect of auto-industry aid lifts stocks Stock futures indicate a reversal from Tuesday’s retreat as investors cheer progress toward a $15 billion bridge loan for the car makers. MarketWatch.com: Stock Market Quotes - Business News - Financial News. This is an example of the emotion that is in place in today’s market.   The Dow [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 15:35:53

Forex Trading: No Longer Just For Professionals

And wealth management firms have also grasped that playing the currency markets can save their clients money and add an additional slice of returns ... of the US-based financial services company Global Futures & Forex, offers private clients an online ... Stockbrokers, part of Barclays Wealth, the UKs biggest wealth management business, launched an on [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 05:15:09

Financial Spreads: Oil Slick, Bonds Stick And Pounding Sterling

SPREAD Watch: Anorak’s look at the financial spread markets BUY much last month? The Office For National Statistics ( ... on this year’s highs. Meanwhile, US regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission allege ... s civil complaint, traders said they would “hammer” [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 09:34:38

Porn. The new financial bubble?

Hedge fund invests in porn-related businesses, claims 50% gain last year. Whole new categories of financial derivatives are, no doubt, about to be launched to take ... shorts.” But heck, why stop there? How about a futures market on Afghan heroin production [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:07

The End of Newspapers - Hard to Predict?

Image via Wikipedia There has been a great deal of discussion about whether the financial crisis was foreseeable or not, ... markets (the company's debt was recently reduced to junk status), the paper's future doesn't look good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:14:19

18-24 months global recession likely - and stagnation?

18-24 months global recession likely - and stagnation? ... and commodity speculators until recently. The latest stock market rally on Wall Street is likely ... Nouriel Roubini: … major sources of future stress in the financial system remain; these include [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 05:54:24

End The Ban On Short-Selling

End The Ban On Short-Selling Delicious Digg Facebook reddit Technorati Menachem Brenner and Marti G. Subrahmanyam | Oct 8, 2008 In an efficient market, the prices of financial assets should reflect all available information--good and bad--that may affect the magnitude and the risk of future cash flows from these assets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 15:26:09

End The Ban On Short-Selling

End The Ban On Short-Selling Delicious Digg Facebook reddit Technorati Menachem Brenner and Marti G. Subrahmanyam | Oct 8, 2008 In an efficient market, the prices of financial assets should reflect all available information--good and bad--that may affect the magnitude and the risk of future cash flows from these assets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 17:02:25

Refineries Paying Record Premiums for Top Grade Crude

The Financial Times reports today that refiners are paying prices higher than those indicated by the futures market for the lightest, meaning best, grades of crude oil. This points to an issue raised [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 21:49:35

ONN.tv's Mark2Market: CME Trader Peter Yastrow Describes Today's Massive Central Bank Actions to Keep Money Flowing

CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2008 - Mark2Market, ONN.tv's newest programming on futures and commodities, goes to the CME/CBOT trading floors every morning for special reports on financial markets and currency trading. On Thursday morning's edition [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 11:58:00

10 Signs Of A Stock Market Bottom

Are we there yet? The many indications and signs of a stock market bottom. ... and crannies of my daily life. Most people I know are concerned about their financial futures [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 00:43:29

Emerging Markets: Stumble or Fall? Economist

Will the global financial crisis halt the rise of emerging economies?NOBODY talks about “decoupling” any more ... by exports to American consumers, easy access to cheap capital and high commodity prices. All three props ... more, they will import less over the coming years. This could reduce emerging economies’ future growth rates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:57:00

FOMC Alert: Traders Now Looking At Possible Rate Cuts

Today wasn't just a bad day for financial stocks nor for the markets in general. It may have been a real game changer ... FOMC meeting. You will want to check your own math hereon the CBOT Fed Fund Futures Page [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 23:30:34

Soda Popping

Soda Popping by John ~ January 11th, 2009 | (0 views) Financial bubbles have burst all throughout the financial industry ... with the fallout from a volatile stock market. Beverage manufacturers have seen those costs passed ... by Americans) there is no fall in soft drink prices… Or Corn futures for that matter. Another quirk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:15:53

StockStream Mobile - Live Market Data Anytime Anywhere

Ann-Marie let me know about StockStream Mobile and I was pretty impressed ... provider Global equities, indices, options and futures Equities news Time and sales, financials ... One-touch keys to obtain quotes and other data Price / volume alerts and news indicator Advanced charting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:51:30

Other Markets (2)

Most of these exchanges operate on basically the same principle as the stock exchanges, ... of futures, for example, is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than ... , today’s computers and dedicated financial media are so broad that information on any [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:43:51

Could This Be The Future of Austrian Economists?

A blogger in South Korea has been arrested for spreading "false economic information over the internet ... for Park following Saturday's court hearing, said the case "affected foreign exchange markets ... site last month that the government had ordered major financial institutions and trade businesses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 19:47:56

Oil drops below $39 as commodities retreat

Oil drops below $39 as commodities retreatBy Chris FloodCopyright The Financial Times Limited 2009Published: January 12 2009 11:45 | Last updated: ... fell below the $39 a barrel level and base metals staged a broad retreat as commodity markets got ... package for its car industry in the near future with the scheme likely to include a reduction or [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:48:00

Financials Got You Down? CME Pitches Credit-Default Swaps the Safer Way

The market for credit-default swaps is huge–$55 trillion–but was largely unknown to most of the populace until the downfall of Bear Stearns and the ... Mercantile Exchange that handles the bulk of U.S. futures trading. CME is trying to capitalize on the chaos in the market by grabbing more trading from broker-dealers like Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 16:35:40

Selling decimates the markets; gold rallies, T-bill rates dive

Calamity rules in markets today after the House, in a shocker, voted down the financial-system bailout bill ... demand to dry up if the global economy contracts sharply. Crude oil futures are down $9.26 to $97.63 a barrel. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB index of 19 commodities is down 5%. The only major commodity [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 19:36:55

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan

Dear CIGAs, Today’s action in nearly every single market that trades can best be described by one phrase – “It’s all about the Fed”. Their decision to basically print as much money as needed to liquefy the financial system ... as if we have been here before. Budget deficits into the future as far as the eye can see coupled with free [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 18:49:34

No Shame Crowd Deserves the Gulag

Good Evening: The news flow that affected our capital markets today actually started last night when Fed Ex and Texas Instruments posted negative ... joined this morning by Con-Way freight. U.S. stock index futures were under pressure for most ... were down 2% to 5% with 90 minutes to go in the trading session. Word that the financial aid package [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 02:00:12

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