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Book Reviews
How CME Group Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed and his band of renegades won the battle for the future of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange....
Investing in the stock market and mutual funds is explained in Charles Kirkpatrick's book....
Market Analysis
Natural gas bulls got good news in December....
The dollar outlook for early 2010 is muddled. ...
For live cattle, analysts don't see an immediate end to the downside....
Analysts disagree about the direction of Dow Jones futures into 2010....
Corn prices' outlook differs between commercial entities and analysts. ...
The Federal Reserve could tighten rates, but how timely tightening will be is still in question....
Managed Money
Adveq and Chinese investment company Dalian United Holding will form an investment management company in China. ...
Portfolio diversification must be constantly monitored,
not something simply designed once and forgotten about. ...
Options Strategy
Gamma scalping strategy for options can help maintain data neutrality and earn excess returns on your straddles....
New For Traders
New financial products for traders....
New commodities products for traders....
New technology products for traders....
New forex products for traders....
New options products for traders....
People
John Ruskin was named global head of financial futures and options execution for Newedge....
News
CBOE settled its exercise right settlement appeal, clearing the way for demutualization....
A new bill was put into the regulatory melee for over-the-counter derivatives....
CFTC and SEC issued joint orders on product approvals....
Options leaders are speaking out against an SEC proposal that would ban flash orders on equities and options. ...
H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, was passed in the House, but not before industry leaders weighed in. ...