Cheyenne Hopkins

Derivatives changes blocked by Senate resistance, Himes says

By Cheyenne Hopkins | April 25, 2013

U.S. House derivatives legislation designed to roll back some Dodd-Frank Act requirements will face resistance from Senate Democrats.
Too-big-to-fail bill pitched as fix for Dodd-Frank Act’s flaws

By Cheyenne Hopkins | April 24, 2013

More legislation is needed to rein in biggest U.S. banks because the Dodd-Frank Act has failed to guard taxpayers, the bill’s sponsors said.
JPMorgan hid trades banned by Volcker Rule, Senate probe claims

By Cheyenne Hopkins | March 14, 2013

JPMorgan Chase & Co. engaged in high-risk proprietary trading under the guise of ordinary hedging, said Senate investigators.
Levin report on JPMorgan whale said to fault OCC risk oversight

By Cheyenne Hopkins | January 17, 2013

JPMorgan Chase and a U.S. regulator reportedly will face criticism for lax oversight in a report by Senate investigators on the bank’s $6.2 billion trading loss.

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Education

After reviewing neural nets’ past failures and charting a course for a more modern application of the technology in the previous installment, we bring into focus the fuzzy promises of the past and build the framework for using these tools in trading.

ETFs

Gold ETF outflows drag on metal as holdings drop to 4-year low

As inflation is low and equity markets are rising, gold-backed ETP investors have been rotating out of gold. The SPDR Gold Trust holdings dropped to a four-year low to 1,041 metric tons yesterday.