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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
May 15, 2012
JP Morgan (JPM) just gave us the preview of the next financial crisis. A surprise, hidden $2 billion trading loss in esoteric foreign derivatives at on offshore branch by America’s premier bank is exactly what the markets did not want to hear right now.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
May 10, 2012
On Wednesday Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) and several other Republican congressman gathered in Washington D.C. to urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint an independent counsel to investigate MF Global.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
May 3, 2012
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) recently wrapped up its 2012 annual meeting in Chicago and released its 2012 Margin Survey
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By Michael J. McFarlin |
May 1, 2012
Cleaning up
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By Daniel P. Collins |
May 1, 2012
Although he is famous for his calls in gold, Jim Sinclair has accumulated a wealth of market knowledge over the last 50 years. We talk with him about what gold is telling us about the recovery.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
April 26, 2012
One of our constant complaints about how the ongoing investigations in the MF Global scandal has been how regulatory agencies, industry leaders and Congressional committees talk about lessons learned and changes that need to be made as if the issue were resolved
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By David J. Lynch, Bloomberg |
April 16, 2012
Two years after President Barack Obama vowed to eliminate the danger of financial institutions becoming “too big to fail,” the nation’s largest banks are bigger than they were before the nation’s credit markets seized up.
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By Phil Flynn |
March 9, 2012
In the battle over speculation, I truly believe that many do not understand what is going on. Perhaps it is the word “speculation” that is causing some of the confusion.
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By Marc Nagel |
February 21, 2012
MF Global's bankruptcy has resulted in a lot of blame being shifted around. Here we look at who really is to blame and who isn't
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By Michael Cavanaugh |
February 1, 2012
A compelling argument could be made that volatility is the only given
