Recently added articles from Futures (Cedar Falls, IA):
CDS clearing battle.(BUY SIDE VS. SELL SIDE)
Jul 01, 2009; ... So far, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has emerged as the volume winner among exchange efforts to clear credit default swaps (CDS). ICE US Trust, which has the backing of major investment banks, had total volume of $84 billion at the end of May. Meanwhile, CME Group's clearing ...
Goldman Sachs joins ELX.(BIG BACKER)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Upstart exchange ELX made a splash on June 1 when it announced that Goldman Sachs would become a founding partner. ELX, which is backed by a consortium of financial institutions, received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 27 to become a designated contract ...
Gensler confirmed as CFTC chair.(Trading Places)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Gary Gensler was confirmed as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 19. He was nominated to head the agency in January. "Gensler will not only maintain the stellar regulatory performance of the past, but expand the current panoply of oversight to an expanded ...
FX leaderboard reveals opportunities.(Forex Trader)
Jul 01, 2009; ... We certainly have seen powerful movements in currency pairs in the first half of 2009. Some of these moves have been in the thousands of pips. Of course, looking back is easy and the challenge to the forex trader is to participate in similar moves for the remainder of the year. Few traders ...
Mr. Bernanke, meet the bond traders.(Market Watch)
Jul 01, 2009; ... It's not getting easier to make monetary policy in an improving but still acutely uncertain economic and financial climate. Things were precarious enough when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke merely had a financial crisis and recession to confront. With bond yields spiking, ...
Economic recovery: running on empty: the historic economic downturn that accelerated last September is still unfolding in 2009 even as some predict a recovery. Despite rising unemployment, some analysts see "green shoots" of optimism. Are rising interest rates a sign of a burgeoning recovery or warning clouds heralding unprecedented levels of inflation on the horizon?(MARKETS)(Cover story)
Jul 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A bomb was dropped on the financial world and the economy at large when the financial sector collapsed in the fall of 2008, and the United States and the rest of the world are still working through the damage in 2009. Unemployment in the United States hit ...
Trading price action in Treasuries: price action provides clear guidance to the seemingly random nature of today's markets. Here, we look at several examples in 10-year Treasury note futures and discuss how this market differs from the popular E-mini.(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Once you achieve an understanding of price action dynamics, all you need to trade successfully is a five-minute chart and a 20-bar exponential moving average (EMA). This works for scalping trades in the E-mini S&P 500, but also stocks and options for intraday and daily swings. It's also ...
Alphabetical company listings.(2009 GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC TRADING)(Directory)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Listed here are companies that have electronic trading-related products and services featured in the list beginning on page S20. You will find each company's web address, phone and fax numbers, and the categories in which it offers products. For more information about a company and its ...
Products & services.(2009 GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC TRADING)(Directory)
Jul 01, 2009 ... This directory lists companies that offer products or services of interest to traders, investors and firms trading electronically. Listed in alphabetical order by company, each listing includes the product name(s), e-mail and Web page address, a brief description of each product or service ...
Options: taking control of a volatile situation: no question about it, the current energy markets posses a lot of volatility. Options offer several ways to manage and profit from that volatility. Here's one effective method, starting with the basics.(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
Jul 01, 2009; ... These are indeed volatile times. While many commodity markets are coming off stupendous highs, few have risen, or have fallen, as far as the energy markets. Crude oil prices fell to levels this winter that were unthinkable last summer--prices that some said we'd never see in this country ...
ABCs of ETFs: one of the advantages of ETFs has always been their simplicity, but the popularity if these vehicles is growing and they are capable of serving a wider investment strategy.(FUTURES 101)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Unless you've been living on another planet, you know that exchange-traded funds (ETF) are one of the fastest growing investment vehicles today. Like mutual funds, ETFs give professional and individual investors (including those of more moderate means) the opportunity to own a ...
Doing your due diligence: investment fraud is certainly not a new phenomenon but, as Warren Buffet once said, you only find out who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out. During the past year, the receding waters of this recession are exposing a new skinny dipper almost every week.(MANAGED MONEY)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Bernard Madoff created a pyramid scheme so massive that he may ultimately usurp the name Ponzi. Madoff's enterprise had two essential requirements: first, an ever increasing flow of fresh investor money; and second, clients willing to trust him (or the entities he controlled) with their ...
Trading Without Gambling: Develop a Game Plan for Ultimate Trading Success.
Jul 01, 2009; ... Trading Without Gambling: Develop a Game Plan for Ultimate Trading Success By Marcel Link Wiley and Sons $60.00, 274 pages Books on trading are numerous. Books on trading that go to the heart of successful trading are ...
Dateline.(Calendar)
Jul 01, 2009 ... CONTRACT DATES 1 LTD: ICE Aug Cocoa OF, U.S. Dollar Index OF, Euro Index OF 5 LTD: CBOT Cash Settled Ethanol F, Ethanol F 6 LTD: Euronext-Liffe 1-Month Eonia (London) F 7 LTD: BM&F Sugar F, Alcohol F 8 LTD: ICE Cotton F, KRX KOSPI 200 ...
Stressed out.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Frankly, I don't think the banks that received government (TARP) money are the only ones undergoing stress tests these days. Almost everyone I know is a bit more tense than usual, me included. Why? Name it: work, play, life in general. Maybe it's because business isn't as "easy" as it used ...
SEC mulls shorts rules.(SHORTS STOP II?)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The Securities and Exchange Commission's restrictions on short selling in September 2008 threw the options industry into a frenzy, so it wasn't hard to imagine another battle after the SEC proposed new restrictions on short selling on April 10. However, options leaders are speaking out ...
optionsXpress buys Optionetics.(MAKING A DEAL)
Jun 01, 2009; ... On April 28, optionsXpress signed an agreement to acquire education service provider Optionetics for $20 million. Dan O'Neil, executive vice president of futures at optionsXpress, says the acquisition comes down to an increased need for education. "The markets have been ...
CFTC "defines" public director.(GOING PUBLIC)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The CFTC published its final definition of a Public Director in April, wrapping up the acceptable practices for Core Principle 15 of the Commodity Exchange Act. Originally published in February 2007, the acceptable practices were defined to include three operating provisions: at ...
Register me, please.(Managed Money Review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... After years of fighting off efforts by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase its regulatory authority over hedge funds, the Managed Funds Association (MFA) announced not only support for mandatory registration of hedge funds with the SEC, but recommended a more comprehensive ...
Treasury bonds down.(Hot Commodities)
Jun 01, 2009; ... On March 18, the Federal Reverse announced a plan to purchase up to $300 billion longer-term Treasury securities over the following six months. There was an initial spike after the announcement but 30-year U.S. Treasury Bond futures have gone down since then. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] ...