Mary Shapiro Will Watch Your Stock Account like a Blind man
Mary Shapiro, the new head of the SEC is old news to me and represents more of the same, not change. She was head of the CFTC when I was a commodities broker and the commodity scams under her eagle ... Futures Association (NFA) which, as one might expect, was staffed by the biggest firms in the business [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 21:50:00
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How To Get Started In Forex Trading
The foreign exchange market (FOREX) offers several advantages to investors. But you need to know where to begin ... such as banks. A reputable broker will be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as protection against duping and abusive trade practices. Open [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 21:00:04
Quality Registered Institution
In the United States, forex brokers should be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ... . ForexGen offers a free trial Forex demo account that allows you to test your skills and practice without ... , no swaps and instant account Activation.2. Scandinavian quality with Swiss precision, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:41:00
Broker, Foreign Exchange Transactions
by Jay Visaya There are a lot of forex brokers to choose from ... with the Commission’s future and the merchants and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations ... to an actual capital, is an amount of money a broker will lend you for trading. Make sure the broker [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 19:02:42
Get Started In Forex Trading
Get Started In Forex Trading December 14th, 2008 You may have heard about the foreign exchange market (Forex) ... such as banks. A reputable broker will be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as protection against fraud and abusive trade practices [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 22:03:55
How to trade commodities?
In my last post, I discussed how commodities have became more and more traded by both institutional and individual investors ... to set up such accounts though, especially through discount brokers such as Interactive Brokers ... much only done through futures. Now of course, it’s still possible to trade commodities doing [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 10:00:14
END OF YEAR COMMENTARY
END OF YEAR COMMENTARY January 2, 2009 by david.pennington. by Michael M ... moving them up to record prices. I received a call this morning from a commodities broker who told me that the Comex is alerting various futures firms about the potential of a squeeze on the December [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 06:33:43
How to Choose a Good Quality Forex Broker | Business News
In the United States, forex brokers should be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 19:46:44
IFE inc. - COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR CTA - FOREIGN INTRODUCING BROKER FIB - Home
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
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 11 December 2008
FINTAG COMMENT Cash or no cash. I was queried yesterday. Apparently I am not sitting on cash and most hedge funds aren't ... ; not that my investors know - they think I am fully invested. We have the usual index futures, some commodity ... ' boards, hire and retain yes-men administrators and spread their trades around Prime Brokers who don't see [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 06:40:26
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
Obama to name woman as new head of SEC
The Obama transition's leaky pipe says that the chief executive officer of the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority, Mary Schapiro, ... commissioner. Schapiro also headed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The announcement is expected ... shop in July 2007. It the largest non-governmental regulatory organization for securities brokers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 00:12:47
Learning All About Forex Charts Before You Start Trading
By Orlando Thompson In this article we will discuss the reason for using forex charts, what they are, different types of charts, ... high (like futures and commodities trading on Wall Street). Wider Forex charts and spreads means ... are strategies that some brokers use to get rid of the promise of tight Forex charts and spreads [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 08:04:30
ARM and Hammer: Bailout Ascends Toward $2.25 Trillion
by anderson Barry Ritholtz at the Big Picture points to the ballooning size of the financial bailout, which is now leaning toward $2 ... requirements by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. During the early 2000s, the Federal Reserve ... ratio. After the 2004 exemption, firms levered up as much as 40 to 1. Not surprising, the five brokers [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 17:59:36
Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Jan 2nd 2009
*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, I would like to wish everyone a great 2009! ... / commodity broker Cannon Trading Co Inc. - home of online ... May you have a successful trading year. More importantly, may you and your loved ones [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 21:00:00
Forex Scam; How forex Brokers Defraud Retail Forex Traders
According to wikipedia "A forex scam is any trading scheme used to defraud individual traders by convincing them that they can expect to gain a high profit by trading in the foreign exchange market. Currency trading 'has become the fraud du jour' as of early 2008, according to Michael Dunn of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 14:10:00
MBCFX - spread 2 pips for major
MBCFX | Forex, Futures & Commodities, Spot Gold & Silver, Spot Oil Anybody has any experience on this broker, kindly share. Is the spread fix or variable subject to market condition [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 05:18:56
Trading Fraud
Winning The War Against Fraud By Andrej Lavrenc - Independent commodity sourcing agent, and CEO of Raw Polymers Ltd. Win The War Against Fraud Buyers, sellers and brokers all share a common enemy: the scammer ... of future earnings disappearing as clients lose faith and move on to more reliable brokers. The good news [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 01:08:03
Carbon Trading: A $64 Billion Economy And Growing
Josh Margolis keeps a grueling schedule, brokering deals between buyers and sellers and forecasting how government actions could affect his clients ... company CantorCO2e, Margolis is part of an exploding branch of finance in a new commodity: carbon ... going to have a carbon trading system in the near future.” He notes that the president-elect supports [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 06:59:27
What Big Winning Stocks Have In Common
If you want to pick stocks that outperform the averages or develop a greater understanding of trend-following risk management techniques for your equity portfolio then this post by Mebane Faber at World Beta highlighting research by Eric Crittenden and Cole Wilcox from Blackstar Funds is a must read. It is unusual material not found elsewhere [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 01:15:10
Munger on Middlemen
Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the often-vilified middleman--someone who buys cheap, sells dear and does nothing to improve the product. Munger explains the economic function of arbitrage using a classic article about how prices emerged in a POW camp during World War II [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 12:39:55
If the Little People Shouldn't Ignore The Market, Why Is It OK For The Market To Ignore The Little People?
Here's why it's perfectly OK in most circumstances to ignore what “The Market” says about the U.S. economy: “Shares on Wall Street pushed sharply higher Tuesday afternoon as investors anticipated a rate cut by the Federal Reserve and set aside a consumer confidence report that showed Americans were more pessimistic about the economy in October [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 20:56:00
Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings?
(CBS) About the only economic break most Americans have gotten in the last six months has been the drastic drop in the price of oil, which has fallen even more precipitously than it rose. In a year's time, a commodity that was theoretically priced according to supply and demand doubled from $69 a barrel to nearly $150 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:10:00
Mass extinction on Planet Finance
27 November 2008 (After the post bubble revulsion, asset holders are awakening from the the dream that the moneyness of credit is 100%. The current turmoil is nothing less than the market in search for the security of reliable money, that search will end when savers discover the one special attribute of “real money” is precisely what distinguishes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 13:35:44
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
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
A Dirty Game Or Is It
If you are looking to start futures trading, then you must have already seen people talking that trading is only for those who have enough money to lose. To some extent, this fact is true, especially in case of commodity futures trading where ... that if you really want to go with this trading business then it is better to go with such commodity futur [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 01:07:34
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
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
Maryland’s Gensler finds a spot in Obama administration
Some Marylanders’ names have been tossed around as possibilities for posts in the Obama administration (i.e. former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest and Dr ... as his pick to head up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC oversees $5 trillion in futures and options trading — oil and other commodities prices have been hot-button issues there this year [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 18:11:06
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
Fool Me Once, Shame on You....
(Scroll down to calculate your Obama vs McCain tax cut) AllHatNoCattleToday's Feature Story:Just How Dumb Are White Males?by Robert Scheer - TruthDig / Common DreamsLet me now defend white males. We can't possibly be as dumb as the polls showing we are John McCain's most reliable voting base would indicate [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 12:27:00
DrumBeat: December 31, 2008
The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest Before grappling with 2009, it might be useful to remind ourselves that there is a dark side to what lies ahead. There was a little flurry in the news last week when it was discovered that the Army War College had released a report talking about preparing for civil unrest in the U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:58:02
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
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
Hedge fund drawdown?
Risk management Rule No.1: if it can happen then it will happen. Hope for the best but hedge for the worst ... only?Several ALTERNATIVE investment strategies have NOT been affected by imploding prime brokers, changes in short selling rules or the leverage lockup. The BEST managed futures CTAs, global macro, high [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 12:08:00
Show A Profit of Over 300% From 2009 Stocks
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 09:45:00
Show A Profit of Over 300% From 2009 Stocks
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 09:45:00
Show A Profit of Over 300% From 2009 Stocks
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 09:45:00
Get Buy / Sell Call on BSE, NSE & NSE F&O Shares: 13 Jan 2009
1. Satyam has proved itself as Zhootha and Raju7 has become a Conman from being a gentleman. The real story and Raju motive behind the whole story is as assessed by me and a few pertinent questions which needs to be probed by SEBI. 2. Raju in a deliberate move kept inflating the profit to keep Satyam ahead in the race in so many years but his [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:21:56
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 ... registered with the U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The foreign exchange market is open 24 ... . Here are some things what to look for in Forex brokers when you work in forex trading hours [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 13:28:14
Debt Rattle, October 31 2008: Scramble for Pennies
G. G. Bain Scramble for pennies - Thanksgiving 1911. Before Halloween came into its own as a holiday in the US, there was "Thanksgiving masking" Kids would dress up and go door to door for apples, or "scramble for pennies." Ilargi: In Britain, the average homeowner has lost more on the value of his property in the past year than his/her [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 19:52:15
Online Forex Broker
The selection of on-line broker Forex is very similar to selecting an insurance agent. There's so many of them out there that essentially the same ... . One factor that could help you with a choice of the online broker could be this device. Day traders ... by the relevant regulatory authorities. Here in the United States, brokers are regulated by the CFTC [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 17:34:00
The Economic Crisis: We Have Been Here Before.
The speculative bubble in the housing market has burst, devastating the global economy. The bubble is huge, dwarfing previous financial fiascoes. Over $7 trillion has simply evaporated from the global economy. The financial loss to pension and retirement funds is massive, disproportionately affecting the elderly, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:56:59
Broker, Foreign Exchange Transactions
Broker, Foreign Exchange Transactions Posted By Jay Visaya on @ 1:14 pm by Jay Visaya There are a lot of forex brokers to choose from ... with the U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Forex market is a true 24 hour marketplace five days ... brokers: AAAA Lower spreads save you money, the spread calculated in pips is the difference between [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 18:14:57
