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Book Reviews
A review of "Buy and Hold Is Dead" by Thomas H. Kee, Jr. ...
Review of "Trading From Your Gut" by Curtis Faith....
We review former FDIC Chairman William Issaac's book on the mistakes leading up to and following the 2008 credit crisis....
Market Analysis
The major bull market peaks over the past 60 years were 1973, 1980, 1987, 2000 and 2007. ...
Coffee prices soared 25% in June due to a temporary supply shortage of Arabica beans before dropping back a bit in July....
The Canadian dollar has been on a bit of a roller coaster since May, but analysts see positive signs ahead for the loonie due to relative economic strength in the country....
Hot and dry weather around the world pushed wheat prices higher in July but analysts expect wheat to head down throughout August....
Analysis of Citigroup stock trade on June 29....
Garrett Jones put together this paper to explain his philosophy on market cycles....
Managed Money
While large CTAs have legal staff to nail down account agreements, smaller CTAs may be tempted to treat these important legal documents as boiler plate. They are not. ...
The National Futures Association (NFA) has petitioned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to amend Regulation 4.5....
Options Strategy
How to trade a short time spread in options....
New For Traders
New commodities products...
New technology products...
New forex products...
New financial products...
New options products...
People
Personnel moves and transitions....
News
Cook County Circuit Judge William Maki ruled on July 8 that the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) would continue to have exclusive licenses on its index options products....
Since the initial introduction of the single stock circuit breakers on June 10 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the May 6 flash crash, three stocks have been paused under the new rules....
With regulatory reform on its way to passage in the United States, Europe has now offered various ideas to reform its financial system. However, much of the regulatory reform proposals in Europe at this stage are just that: proposals....
The ban on trading of movie futures included in the regulatory reform bill could encourage efforts by legislators to ban the trading of other market sectors in the future. ...
The long road to financial regulation is nearly at is end as the House passed the final compromised version of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...