Risky derivatives trading comes roaring back
On Friday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported that banks pulled in $7.5 billion in revenue from trading derivatives in the first three months of 2013, a 7 percent increase from the...
View ArticleRPT-Large Swiss traders dominate sales of fuel to Egypt
Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:00am EDT * Small to mid-sized traders sidelined * Egypt’s financial situation worsens * Swiss trading giants become consistent bulk suppliers * Litasco, Vitol, Glencore to supply...
View ArticleEarly release of economic data to high-speed traders upsets some
High-speed trading firms get a two-second head start when Thomson Reuters, a financial information provider, releases the University of Michigan’s consumer confidence report. Even a split-second can...
View ArticleAbe Spurs Day Traders as Japan Stock Volatility Hits 2-Year High
Sitting before a cluster of computer screens in an apartment with the drapes shut, it took Naoki Murakami seconds to make $3,500 betting $1 million that Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) shares would...
View ArticleRegulator seeks inquiry of super-fast trading
Traders work in the crude oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange in this 2011 file photo.(Photo: Mario Tama Getty Images) Traders using super high-speed computers executed as many as 500...
View ArticleRuben Amaro Jr. on Phillies: ‘I’m not trading anyone’– The Bridgeton News
Despite the scorching heat outside, dark clouds are starting to gather around the Phillies. After dropping two of three to the New York Mets, the Phillies find themselves 7.5 games out of the division...
View ArticleTrading the Bustle of Hotels for Clubby Refinement
Many members of private and university clubs join for the gym, the dining rooms and the people they will be with, but upstairs there often is another crowd: overnight guests who are drawn to the club’s...
View ArticleCapitals ‘not interested’ in trading Michal Neuvirth, McPhee says
<!– Text Size Print Reprints –> (Nick Wass/Associated Press) As trade talks pick up around the league approaching the 2013 NHL draft on June 30, General Manager George McPhee said he has no...
View ArticleExante Adds Share Trading To Global Bitcoin Fund
Image for Bitcoin Fund A lot has happened since Malta-based broker Exante debuted the world’s first Bitcoin-only hedge fund last March. In addition to the bitcoin price more than quadrupling in value,...
View ArticleFollow The Herd When Trading The Capital Market
If you have ever heard “the trend is your friend” and believed it, you may be a fan of herd instinct mentality. This is an environment where, just like with fashion, masses of people follow a pattern...
View ArticleAratana Therapeutics shares soar in trading debut
Shares of pet medicine developer Aratana Therapeutics are soaring in their first trading day on the Nasdaq Global Market. The stock, whose ticker symbol is PETX, is up 48 percent, or $2.90, to $8.90...
View ArticleCorzine Faces Trading Ban as CFTC Sues Over MF Global
A U.S. regulator’s lawsuit against Jon Corzine could make him the first former leader of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to be banned from trading, the industry he returned to after serving as a New Jersey...
View ArticleCeltics trading Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce to Nets
The Brooklyn Nets have reached an agreement in principle with the Boston Celtics to acquire future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce after Garnett agreed to waive his no-trade clause, league...
View ArticleNets are big story at draft by trading for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce
Anthony Bennett was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night and the Brooklyn Nets were the top story after agreeing to a trade with the Boston Celtics that could leave the Miami Heat’s Big Three...
View ArticleNets are big story at draft by trading for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce
Anthony Bennett was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night and the Brooklyn Nets were the top story after agreeing to a trade with the Boston Celtics that could leave the Miami Heat’s Big Three...
View ArticleBizarre And Cruel $8k Insider Trading Arrest
The Financial Times today has a story about an Australian analyst who was extradited from Hong Kong over an insider trade that made him $8,000. His lawyer says Trent Martin was held in a Hong Kong jail...
View ArticleDollar gains on talk of cutback in Fed easing by September
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK | Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:17pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar advanced against the yen and the euro on Friday as investors resumed pricing in the possibility that...
View ArticleDollar gains on talk of cutback in Fed easing by September
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK | Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:17pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar advanced against the yen and the euro on Friday as investors resumed pricing in the possibility that...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Stocks End Rocky Month of Trading Mixed
Getty ImagesA key measure of Chicago-area manufacturing activity had its biggest monthly drop since 2008, sinking to 51.6 from a 14-month high of 58.7 in May. U.S. markets ended Friday trading with a...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Stocks End Rocky Month of Trading Mixed
Getty ImagesA key measure of Chicago-area manufacturing activity had its biggest monthly drop since 2008, sinking to 51.6 from a 14-month high of 58.7 in May. U.S. markets ended Friday trading with a...
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