Why Didn?t Thomas Qualls Show Up for Closing Arguments in His Case?

Comverse had Kobi. Symbol had Tomo. And Bayou had Sam. Did Thomas Qualls, a former currency broker at International Foreign Currency Inc., hit the high road too? Too early to tell, but yesterday, reports the WSJ’s Amir Efrati, an arrest warrant was issued for Qualls, whose commodities fraud trial had begun in mid-October and was set [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 13:44:12

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Market Monopoly

A bonus Friday afternoon guest post via Macro Man -- a portfolio manager at a London-based hedge fund, he trades global currencies, equities, fixed income, and commodities. Over a long and varied career, Macro Man has been an international economist, a sell-side currency strategist, and a currency options market-maker. His amusing Friday [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 18:30:00

Putin’s Deguello

Streetwise Professor reports on Vladimir Putin’s “deguello*”:The island of stability theme is now longer operative ... with the world economy–through the commodity markets, most notably the oil market (as a seller) and the grain ... from Russian hands.Some things are somewhat changed.  Today, international investors and currency traders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:05:33

Government Will Not Target Sterling: UK

LONDON — The government will not set a target rate for the pound, and is instead focused on targeting inflation, ... has slashed interest rates, which are a major influence on currency trading, to two percent, the lowest level ... all kinds of problems," she added. In September 1992, international currency speculators forced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:38:30

Why Hedge Foreign Currency Risk

International commerce has rapidly increased as the internet has provided a new and more transparent marketplace for individuals and entities alike ... will have specific foreign exchange hedging needs and this website can not possibly cover every existing foreign exchange hedging situation. Therefore, we will cover the more common reasons [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:39:00

Units App Makes iPhone An Indispensable Tool For Drug Dealers

Wu Tang Clan rapper and drug expert Ghostface Killah once rapped that “all around the world today the kilo is the measure, ... . Units, which is currently the third most popular iPhone app, is a simple calculator that allows users ... . Best of all, Units also comes with a currency converter for international drug smuggling operations [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 20:04:07

NOW Are We In Recession?

Jeffrey Frankel is Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government ... international finance, currencies, monetary and fiscal policy, commodity prices, regional blocs, and global [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 12:00:50

Madoff money untrackeable? MURDERS LINKED TO MADOFF SCANDAL... Why? It was stolen by Cheney and Bush Crime Family...no?

Chris Story AT INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY REVIEW has an in to the LEO WANTA TRUST FUND SWINDLE involving all the fucking DC kikes, Cheney, Bush Crime Family and Clinton Crime Family.You also have to factor in the VK DURHAM TRUST and the forgery of those assets as collateral to get loans...that when called in...uh...well.. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:37:00

Who is Talking About Mobile News in Nigeria?

  I recently got interested in WAP and Mobile reviews, ... site has about a dozen top stories, local and international weather forecasts and a currency converter.  All stories have a reader comment form and most are illustrated with a single image. The site’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 11:28:21

Connect NYC: What to Expect for ’09

By Katherine Tarbox, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine More than 1,200 hungry real estate professionals gathered for Real Estate Connect NYC, Jan ... during a time when exchange rates are still favorable for foreign buyers. One tip: Those who want to break into the international arena should list prices in foreign currencies and state dimensions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:15:19

This Can't Really Be the Economy

I'm not an economist. I've never studied economics, beyond reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics about a year ago ... advantage of differences between U.S. and foreign currencies used to buy and sell international mail [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 16:38:19

THE LATEST FALSE PROSPECTUS FROM 'PAULSON'S' TREASURY

DECEITFUL TRANSFER OF BANK ASSETS TO BUYER WITHOUT RECOURSE Tuesday 23 September 2008 03:30 'PAULSON' SCHEME TEARS UP THE U.S ... , but was publicised in International Currency Review. The Editor has on his desk an email from the most [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 14:12:38

Roland Burris is Blagojevich Senate Appointee

Roland Burris is the former Illinois Attorney General that Illinois Governor Rod R ... University Carbondale. He then was an exchange student and studied International Law at the University ... of the Currency for the U.S. Treasury Department. From 1964 to 1973, he worked at Continental Illinois [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:07:35

Guest Article: Is There a Role for Foreign Currencies in Your ETF Portfolio?

By Ray Hendon, Contributing Editor Whether you know it or not, you are probably investing in foreign currencies now. If you own an ETF or mutual fund in any international equity or fixed income product, you are taking a currency risk. It’s not an indirect risk; it’s as direct as it gets [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 18:55:31

Mastering the Trade (McGraw-Hill Trader's Edge) (Hardcover)

by John F ... , options, ETFs, emini futures, 30 year bonds, Forex currency markets, and more Seven key internals [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 09:53:00

Is the US dollar going the way of the pengo?

From the Wikipedia article on hyperinflation:The largest denomination banknote ever officially issued for circulation was in 1946 by the Hungarian ... and currency trader, guide extraordinaire to the mysterious ways of The Casino (aka international monetary system) -- has reissued his August 14, 2008 Dutch Uncle essay, More On the Federal Reserve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:19:00

Estimating the Costs of International Equity Investments

Estimating the Costs of International Equity Investments Generalizing Cooper-Kaplanis (1994) ... rather than pre-specifying it; and we control for currency risk, inflation hedging, fixed-interest ... Trading be Prohibited when Share Repurchases are Allowed? This paper considers share repurchases [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:19:15

Dollar falls across the board as bailout plan's details emerge

Dollar falls across the board as bailout plan's details emerge Posted Sep 22nd 2008 12:00PM by Joseph Lazzaro Filed under: International markets, ... , and about one-half yen to 106.38 versus Japan's yen in midday Monday trading. Cites laws of economics Currency ... options, borrowing or printing money," Resnick said. "The currency market right now [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 16:05:30

The Global Credit Crisis as History

Barry Eichengreen, an economic historian at the University of California at Berkeley whose scholarly work showed how the international affection for ... and elsewhere , have resisted stimulative policies that might produce a falling exchange rate ... drew other lessons: “the importance of avoiding competitive currency depreciation and of keeping [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:00:00

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