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By Dominick Mazza |
December 26, 2008
U.S. Treasuries put in a relatively lackluster performance ahead of the Christmas holiday as the markets seem to be settling into a observation mode based upon light volume, dropping volatility, and
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By Dominick Mazza |
December 17, 2008
A sea-change seemingly swept the fortunes of the dollar right back onto the rocks Tuesday following the Fed’s de facto adoption of a zero-interest rate policy. The additional confirmation that it
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By Dominick Mazza |
December 10, 2008
Believing the bull: Do you believe? Sometimes it is hard to find something to believe in. After a seesaw day in oil, with the market trying to decide whether the previous day's rally was something to
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By Dominick Mazza |
November 19, 2008
The forex story has become a subsidiary one to the performance of the equity market, which in turn is playing second fiddle to the day two “we need – more money” discussions on Capitol Hill. Rest
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By Dominick Mazza |
November 12, 2008
C – Citigroup – Treasury secretary Paulson shelved plans to buy illiquid mortgage-related debt today and wants to broaden the scope of the plan to target better those more stressed area of the
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By Dominick Mazza |
November 5, 2008
The dominant theme and increasingly apparent over the closure of the Barack Obama victory has been the decline in implied volatility across all asset classes. It seems that investors are increasingly
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By Dominick Mazza |
October 29, 2008
Last week we raised the notion in this column that currency intervention might not be a bad idea to help ease the pain inflicted on emerging market economies in round about fashion following the
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By Dominick Mazza |
October 1, 2008
Markets rallied recovering some of Monday’s huge losses as investors search for bargains and optimism that Congress will reach an agreement on a financial relief plan before the end of the week.
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By Dominick Mazza |
September 22, 2008
It’s incredible to be living and trading in these historic times, which people will be reading and talking about for decades to come. But making some money while we’re at it is even better,
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By Dominick Mazza |
September 8, 2008
Volume finally started to pick up this week, but it was all downhill for several days after opening Tuesday morning over 1300 on the S&P 500. Though we had some targets for a move higher, we’ve been
