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Despite issues particular to early 21st century America, including the war on terrorism, we are in a larger sense, facing an all too familiar drama with recurring chapters. Throughout history, two...
There are numerous bar chart examples that are easy-to-read and illustrate his points well. Schlossberg covers the most common technical analysis tools, including: trendlines, moving averages,...
Market Analysis
Natural gas has been an enigma. After rallying to all-time highs at the end of 2005, natural gas futures dropped 66% by July 10, despite the continued bull market in crude oil. And while it rallied...
Kansas City hard red wheat and Minneapolis spring wheat crops have suffered drought, late rains and high temperatures, pushing production down and futures prices up. But for Chicago wheat, growing...
Managed Money
The Pension Protection Act of 2006, passed by both houses o Congress and awaiting a presidential signature, would increase the amount of money hedge funds can accept from employee benefit or pension...
The hedge fund industry fought tooth and nail against the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) plan to register hedge fund advisors. In the end they lost the fight, and since then the Managed...
New For Traders
The New York Mercantile Exchange Inc. (Nymex) will offer spread trading for its full-sized, physically delivered benchmark energy contracts on Globex. Nymex also will launch miNY platinum and...
Russell Investment Group has established Russell Indexes Asia Co. Ltd. to provide clients with data and customer support for Russell Indexes, including Russell U.S. Equity Indexes and the...
FX Solutions has launched a new charting application, FX AccuCharts. FX AccuCharts offers more than 150 technical indicators and oscillators; customizable charting workspaces; instantaneous updates...
People
Sharon Brown-Hruska has left her post as a commissioner at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to join NERA Economic Consulting’s securities and finance practice. Brown-Hruska served as...
NERA does policy level consulting and provides analysis, research and advice to business, government and the derivatives industry according to Brown-Hruska. “Basically I am going to build a practice...