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Michael Lewis is a terrific writer and “Liar’s Poker” is still worth reading 20 years after publication. His tales of idiosyncratic traders and their bizarre behavior are believable and well...
“I. O. U. S. A.” is most famously a 2008 cautionary movie á la Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.” As with “Truth,” I. O. U. S. A. has broadened its scope to become a multi-media crusade. The title...
Market Analysis
While Treasuries have pulled back from their all-time highs of 141-28, they are still trading at elevated levels. “People suddenly realized that the lights still come on and 93% of us are still...
After recovering more than half of its losses in December from the bear move off of its all-time high, the euro is declining again, dropping from 147.19 on Dec. 19 to 127.02 on Feb. 2. “After that...
Since New Years, gold prices have increased more than $100 per ounce, trading to $915 in early February. Tom Hartmann, broker analyst for Altavest Worldwide Trading Inc., says there has been a...
Managed Money
Blumberg provided five possible scenarios for regulatory changes. One would be the creation of a super regulator, which would encompass all of the current financial regulators based on the Treasury...
Since hitting record highs last summer, the price of crude oil remained volatile as many consumers cut back on their spending, causing demand to drop rapidly and inventories to increase. There are...
New For Traders
CME Group launched four new Chicago petroleum contracts on CME ClearPort. CME Group also will expand its international incentive programs, including a simplified fee structure, to provide greater...
People
Andrew S. Doman was named chief executive officer at Russell Investments. Previously, he was a founding director of McKinsey & Company Inc.’s UK-based European asset management practice. “Russell is...
News
One of the most widely traded and followed spreads in the oil complex is the WTI/Brent spread. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is the U.S.-based benchmark for 40% to 50% of the world’s crude...
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Profiles in Options
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management is a registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Wheaton, Ill., and is the advisor and sponsor of PowerShares ETFs. Many of the company’s products are...
If 2007 was the year that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) demonstrated they were major players in the financial arena, then 2008 was the year they came of age. Amid a persistent slide in equities,...
That is what Bob Pardo attributes his 142.02% returns in 2008 to. Pardo has operated his Kenilworth, Ill.-based CTA since 1999 and although it has featured some impressive years, including a return...
Profiles in Forex
Before Jason Alan Jankovsky became a forex trader, he traded Chicago Big Board corn, calling his orders in to his broker. But his trading didn’t really take off until he began to understand the...
Finding quality trading opportunities can be a challenge even for the most seasoned trader, but you can improve your system’s inherent probabilities when you work with multiple time frames. Many...