"Buy The Rumor Sell The Fact" may be a mouthful, but it's the credo that traders live by. Keep a watch here for regular updates from Futures' editors, who provide insights, insider news, and tidbits of information on the derivatives business and people who make it happen.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
March 26, 2013
The fact that "sequestration" will be a drag on the Government's operations may please many people, not least those who have found themselves under federal investigation or pending charges.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
March 21, 2013
On March 15, the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia nullified FERC's order fining Brian Hunter $30 million dollars for manipulating the price of natural gas futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange in 2006.
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By Susan Gidel |
March 7, 2013
When the DJIA surpassed its previous all-time high on March 5, 2013, set six years earlier, it followed in the astrological path of its two previous 45-year cycles based on the interaction between Saturn and Uranus, planets that impact financial and economic events.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
March 1, 2013
The "sequester" has taken effect. According to multiple news reports, an early casualty will be the shipbuilding industry, especially on the military side. But it will also make more difficult the full implementation of the derivatives piece of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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By Ginger Szala |
February 25, 2013
Recently I received a call from a reader who wanted my opinion on whether it was better to use a large broker, say a Merrill Lynch, over a specialized futures broker, considering what happened to Peregrine Financial Group.
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By Michael McFarlin |
February 21, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, Standard & Poor's was sued by the U.S. government and a number of state governments for allegedly inflating credit ratings. Once again, Stephen Colbert brings his unique take on the S&P lawsuit.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
February 19, 2013
Two F-16 fighter jets scrambled on Sunday when several small civilian aircraft wandered into restricted air space over where President Obama was playing golf with Tiger Woods in my adopted state of Florida. Our tax dollars at work.
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By Michael McFarlin |
February 8, 2013
Rather than wallowing on the fact that unemployment seems to have stagnated around 7.9% recently, Wingham Rowan proposes a new way of looking at the labor market and a way to tap what generally is an overlooked segment.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
February 5, 2013
Ms. Sommers will be leaving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission soon after years of unfailing service and grace. She is irreplaceable and will be missed.
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By Ginger Szala |
January 30, 2013
Though the fiscal cliff was avoided narrowly, it wasn’t without bad feelings, threats (from both sides), anger and deal-making. The best that can be said of it is, it’s done for now.
