Auto bailout fails. What a mess.

The deal died in the Senate, so Wall Street's likely to take a dive.The failure of Senate talks on a $14 billion deal to rescue the U.S ... Yasutoshi Nagai, chief economist at Daiwa Securities SMBC in Tokyo. U.S. stock futures were lower in screen trade with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures down 320 points; spreadbetting firms in Europe [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:09:45

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Collect Lots Of Information For Having Effective Futures Trading

Information plays very important role, when you want to get a stronger position in the market ... like internet. On internet there are lots of websites that are dealing in futures brokers firms and guiding ... . If you haven’t much information on futures contract then don’t think that you can get profits [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:43:44

Oil prices bounce back

By Kenneth Musante CNNMoney.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... of trading firm Excel Futures in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... barrels a day in January. U.S. crude for February delivery rose $1.77 to settle at $37.12 a barrel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 18:44:02

Vultures

Nothing to see here, just move along: Regulators had long classified a private Swiss energy conglomerate called Vitol as a trader that primarily helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examined Vitol’s books last month, it found that the firm was in fact [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 14:42:10

Oil Speculators. WP: Regulators had long classified a private Swiss energy conglomerate called Vitol as a trader that primarily helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... of fuel. Even more surprising to the commodities markets was the massive size of Vitol's portfolio [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 13:45:50

Sources: Obama taps GOP lawmaker, senior regulator

... a nongovernment regulatory group for securities firms, is also a former head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and former member of the SEC. She has been appointed to government posts [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:08:05

Obama Appoints Mary Schapiro

Barack Obama has named Financial Industry Regulatory Authority chief executive Mary Schapiro as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Schapiro is a former SEC commissioner who also headed the commodity futures trading commission and is now the head of Finra, which inspects U.S. brokerage firms, writes rules for those selling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:47:01

U.S. stocks reduce losses as Sears offsets Wal-Mart damage

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:01:12 -0500U.S. stocks reduce losses as Sears offsets Wal-Mart damageU.S ... MILLIONTD Ameritrade Holding said Thursday it has agreed tobuy online brokerage firm Thinkorswim ... newtrading functionality for traders, including advanced options trading,futures, foreign exchange [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:09:00

Oil Prices and Speculation

The Washington Post says the scale of speculative activity in commodities markets is larger than previous estimates indicated: A Few Speculators Dominate Vast Market for Oil Trading, by David Cho, Washington Post ... helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 07:42:00

Gold slips 1 percent as dollar firms and oil slides

Gold slips 1 percent as dollar firms and oil slides filed in Business on Jan.02, 2009 ‘) ... late on Wednesday, the last trading session of 2008. U.S. gold futures for February delivery fell ... as a hedge against oil-led inflation and as rising crude prices often increase interest in commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:56:24

Banks Tank, Yet Most Still Above 52-Week Lows (BAC, C, GS, JPM, MS, NTRS, USB, WFC)

This is obviously one of our ugliest mornings in years with futures trading limit down ... and panic selling days. These are just the stronger banks and financial firms that are deemed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:44:48

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

Review Of E*Trade Bank High Interest Savings and Checking Accounts

When most people think of ETrade, the popular online discount brokerage firm with the cutesy talking baby commercials probably comes to mind ... for future brand name recognition. Since its days as a leader in the do-it-yourself stock investing ... a low cost discount broker, the company has  jumped into the online banking business. Hoping [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 08:39:38

Reprieve

on Page 45: " ... when the death sentence had been pronounced there was a strong chance of a reprieve at the request of the ... to the recent credit crunch.Stock-index futures (期貨) rallied in premarket trading Friday, as did shares ... that it has approved a half-percentage point cut in its discount rate on loans to banks, the kind of [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 07:32:23

Morning Update

Unpleasant Employment Data Sours SentimentMacro-economic worries are once again influencing shares and sending the market lower after ADP reported ... , and markets overseas are mixed. As of 8:35 a.m. ET, the March S&P 500 Index Globex futures contract ... are designed to conserve cash, cut costs, and improve competitiveness.Monsanto (MON $73) is tradin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:45:00

TREASURIES-Drop further in new year as risk appetite improves

U.S. Treasuries fell in Asia on Friday, extending losses on the first trading day of 2009 as a recovery in stock and credit markets spurred selling of safe-haven government bonds. * The surge in Treasuries stalled last week as bond investors ... in Tokyo and Shanghai among those still closed for holidays. U.S. futures markets for stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:26:56

5 Great Tips Any Forex Investor Should Know

There is a whole plethora of things that Forex Investors should know about before they start to wear the gloves necessary for them to handle the hot ... , you are in essence using the power of currency to be used in other trading markets and utilize ... dollars is the minimum. You should also know that putting your money into a broker’s account gives [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:39:42

False Diagnosis of Deflation

by Jim Willie, CB. Editor, Hat Trick Letter | January 2, 2009 One of the most bothersome questions from 2005 to 2007 used to be whether the Untied States would ultimately submit to inflation or deflation. This is actually the wrong question. Many analysts in my view are incorrect in their conclusion that the US suffers from a powerful deflation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:01:11

5 Important Things All Forex Investors Should Know

There is a whole plethora of things that Forex Investors should know about before they start to wear the gloves necessary for them to handle the ... and they may vary greatly from one brokerage to another. If you are dealing with a private broker ... dollars is the minimum. You should also know that putting your money into a broker’s account gives [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 19:19:34

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

DrumBeat: December 29, 2008

Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling MOSCOW — A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political backing from the Kremlin, it had already achieved third place judging by market capitalization, behind Exxon Mobil and General Electric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:06:30

Useless T.A.-T.A.’s?

By John Galt January 1, 2009 The question that is the title of this piece has been bothering me since the “mysterious” rally on August 15-17 of 2007. It took me the entire month of December of 2008, that’s right through yesterday, to figure out why the traditional methodologies may no longer apply, at least in my opinion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 04:35:11

Oil rises towards $40 on Israel-Hamas violence

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Wall Street was set to begin the final three days of 2008 trading with a modest gain, ... futures were all modestly higher. Trading was expected to be quiet, with many market participants ... 2% and Paris and Frankfurt up more than 1% in morning trading. Asian markets ended mostly higher, with Tokyo's [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 09:37:57

UPDATE 2-China to boost oil stockpiling amid price slump

China will take advantage of falling oil prices to boost imports and build up its fledgling oil reserves against supply shocks, ... . Oil prices are on track for a near 60 percent drop this year, the biggest annual fall since futures began trading 25 years ago, and are down more than $108 a barrel from its record-peak in July . China [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 06:16:13

Congrats to Mary Schapiro, SEC Chair Nominee

US President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Mary Schapiro as Chair of the Securities and Exchange ... Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Before that, Schapiro served for six years as a Commissioner ... Commission. We at GW Law School, from which Ms. Schaprio graduated in 1980, are delighted. We wish [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:16:36

Notes on the crisis

I’m standin’ in the shadows with an aching heart I’m lookin’ at the world, tear itself apart — Bob Dylan, ... hedge fund. The charge is not far-fetched: Porsche made substantially more profit exercising options (another company’s options) than it did selling cars. We saw the world’s biggest insurer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 21:12:38

FACTBOX-US healthcare spending hit $2.2 trillion in 2007

U.S. healthcare spending rose to $2.2 trillion in 2007, or $7,421 per person, an increase of more than 6 percent from the previous year, the U.S ... On Banks’ Dollar Purchases In NDF Market Monday August 22, 2008 — JGB futures fall on profit grab after Treasuries dip October 21, 2008 — Philippines rejects bids for 10-yr T-bond at auction July 21 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:43:22

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

Bearish Stock Market Sentiment Continues

Last week's indicator review concluded that "while recent selloffs have not been as broad and sustained as in early October, neither are we yet getting indications of sustained buying interest. Until that occurs, it is premature to assume that a durable intermediate-term bottom is in place [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 00:34:00

Roger Biduk; Wall Street Higher on Lousy News

Roger Biduk writes:   U.S. stocks resumed their earlier rise to close higher Tuesday after minutes from the December Federal Open Market Committee ... 24.35 points to 1,652.38.    In the third trading session of 2009, trading remained light, topping 1.3 ... in quiet trading because a lot of the bad news was already discounted when the stock market crashed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:41:30

BDS Media Meme Destroyed: Weak Dollar Doesn't Mean Higher Oil

As oil and gasoline prices rose throughout much of this decade, a popular media meme was that a lower dollar was largely to blame ... culminating in the commodity futures bubble that peaked in July. Yet, since early November, oil ... to that! In the end, there were a number of factors that created the energy/commodity futures [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:05:30

All Is Well In Stepfordville: More On The Pre-Election Chicanery of The Plunge Protection Team

Posted by dandelionsalad on November 3, 2008 by Dr. Ellen Hodgson Brown featured writerDandelion SaladEllen’s post Nov 3, 2008webofdebt.com “The Dow is a dead banana republic dictator in full military uniform propped up in the castle window with a mechanical lever moving the cadaver’s arm, waving to the Wall Street crowd [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 01:37:01

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

Satyam's accounting fraud spooks market; Satyam plunges 78%

Just as the market was recovering somewhat, India's fourth largest IT firm Satyam Computer's explosive revelations send the Sensex on a southward spiral. Satyam shares plunged a whopping 77.69% as chairman Ramalinga Raju resigned after announcing during trading hours today, 7 January 2009, that the company's accounts were inflated artificially [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:26:00

Sensex down 9% in two days as Satyam scandal rattles investor confidence

A massive accounting scandal at IT major Satyam Computer and caution ahead of the US non-farm payroll data for December 2008, pulled the market down for the second day in a row. IT pivotals surged as investors churned portfolio after Satyam's scandal. FMCG stocks gained on defensive buying even as realty and metal stocks fell. Volatility was high [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:37:00

IB programmes in the Forex market

ForexGen IB programme is a great opportunity for both individuals and companies to receive commission for introducing their customers or contacts to ... services and training · Insurance companies · Successful traders on FOREX, stock, futures markets · Trading rooms · Investment or trading clubs · Stock brokerage or trading companies · Money managers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:32:00

Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises

"Moral hazard has its costs, but it also has its benefits": Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises, by Harvey Rosenblum, Danielle DiMartino, Jessica J. Renier and Richard Alm, Economic Letter, FRB Dallas: Editor’s note: Federal agencies and regulators have taken decisive steps to combat the financial crisis that began in [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 20:51:00

DrumBeat: December 16, 2008

Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:30:26

CASINO WALL STREET

Bill Werner is an Engineer in Missouri City, Texas. The following is his attempt to Encapsulate All of Modern Economic History ( ... to me like you guys are a couple of bookies.’” -Trading Places (1983 movie about the commodities market) “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:28:11

Indian Stock Market Report, 5th Jan, 2009

Coordinated fiscal and monetary measures by policymakers to boost sagging growth and firm global markets boosted the domestic bourses, ... , the market pared gains at the onset of the trading session. It bounced back again shortly and witnessed ... after trading hours on Friday, 2 January 2009, comprised measures to boost sagging truck and bus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 23:10:11

No Credito Hoy

The New Year begins with our state no closer to a budget resolution than it was a week ago or a month ago ... systems now to take people and firms paid for by direct deposits and eligible to be paid with IOUs off the systems, because the warrants must be issued on paper.The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 08:10:00

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

Alan Knowles, Haywood Securities: Finding that Elusive Bottom

Source: The Energy Report Haywood Senior Oil and Gas Analyst Alan Knowles says we haven’t seen a bottom yet, ... that are $45 today were $148 last summer, so while the futures indicate current market sentiment, they are not the best indicator of future prices. The contract that we’re talking about right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:31:26

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

Advertising Exchange: Ad Exchanges Open Up Your Ad Inventory To Real-Time Bidding - Best Ad Exchanges Reviewed

When ad networks alone are not enough to sell all of your ad inventory, ad exchanges step in to help you maximize the money you make. Put simply, ad exchanges work on the same idea as stock markets. They allow buyers to bid on your inventory, and the demand for your inventory determines the price at which you can sell it. [ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:02:00

Wave of Redemptions Hits Hedge Funds

Myron Scholes, the 1997 Noble Prize Winning Genius involved in the demise of Long Term Capital Management has done it again ... . A surge of investor redemptions forced firms such as Blue Mountain Capital Management LLC ... Decline.Man Group Plc, the largest publicly traded hedge-fund manager, fell the most in London trading [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 06:51:00

Satyam's accounting fraud spooks market; Satyam plunges 78%

Just as the market was recovering somewhat, India's fourth largest IT firm Satyam Computer's explosive revelations send the Sensex on a southward spiral. Satyam shares plunged a whopping 77.69% as chairman Ramalinga Raju resigned after announcing during trading hours today, 7 January 2009, that the company's accounts were inflated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:49:00

Sunday Reading: Broder on the Republican South

Sunday Reading: Broder on the Republican South FT. WORTH, Texas -- Maybe it's because The Fix is in the Lone Star State for the Christmas holiday but this morning's column by David Broder -- the Dean of the political press corps -- struck a chord with us. The piece starts as a look at how retiring Illinois Republican Rep [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 16:32:00

Obama to name SEC nominee Thursday, sources say

From Brianna Keilar, Ed Henry and Jessica Yellin CNN CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) ... . She is a former SEC commissioner and served as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... and Exchange Commission at a news conference Thursday, according to a senior Democratic official [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:38:34

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

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