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By John Caiazzo |
June 10, 2013
On Friday the jobs data provided the "snake oil" for equity investors but was received with mixed feelings going forward. Of course that assessment completely overlooked the Thursday first time unemployment data showing 346,000 jobs lost.
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By Matthew Leising, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2013
CME Group Inc., the world’s largest futures market, said first-quarter profit fell 12% as lower non-operating revenue and fees per contract cut sales.
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By John Caiazzo |
April 8, 2013
With analysts and economists invariably incorrect in their reported expectations of important data, I must reiterate: "Better to keep ones mouth shut and be considered ignorant, than to open it and remove all doubt."
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By John L. Caiazzo |
April 7, 2013
The market's expectations for key report data don't always align with those data themselves. Here's how to respond.
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By Ginger Szala |
April 3, 2013
The annual Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, Fla. is a good time to take the industry’s temperature. Where the 2012 meeting was somber, 2013 seemed upbeat.
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By Nandini Sukumar |
April 1, 2013
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. will buy the electronic trading system for U.S. Treasuries from BGC Partners Inc. for about $750 million in cash.
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By Ginger Szala |
April 1, 2013
April editor's note from Ginger Szala
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
February 5, 2013
Stocks rallied, with benchmark indexes rebounding from the worst losses of the year, as more companies posted improving earnings and Dell Inc. agreed to the largest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis.
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By Matthew Leising |
January 24, 2013
More than half of the $18 trillion in notional daily trading of energy swaps has moved to futures exchanges from the over-the-counter market.
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By John Caiazzo |
November 26, 2012
A fragile cease fire between Hamas and Israel was orchestrated this week and was celebrated by the International financial community. Concern that involvement by oil producing countries could interrupt the flow of oil had caused angst.
