Asian Stocks Rebound From Biggest Decline in Seven Months
March 21st, 2014
Asian stocks rose, with a regional index of shares outside Japan rebounding from the biggest loss yesterday since August. Li & Fung Ltd. surged 18 percent in Hong Kong after the world’s largest supplier of clothes and toys to ...
Asia Stocks Drop on Fed; H-Share Index Near Bear Market
March 20th, 2014
Asian stocks fell, with a gauge of Chinese shares in Hong Kong poised to enter a bear market, after the Federal Reserve signaled it may raise U.S. interest rates from the middle of next year. Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM), ...
Dollar Strengthens as Gold Declines Before Fed Decision
March 19th, 2014
The dollar gained against most major currencies and gold fell for a third day before the Federal Reserve decides monetary policy. The ruble strengthened for a fourth day and Russian stocks fell as the nation pushed on with the ...
Dollar Gains as Stocks Fluctuate With Bonds Before Fed
March 19th, 2014
The dollar gained against most major currencies while Treasuries and German bunds fluctuated with European stocks before the Federal Reserve decides monetary policy. China’s yuan dropped to the lowest in 11 months amid concern that more companies will default ...
Asian Stocks Rally With Nickel on Russia Sanctions
March 18th, 2014
Asian stocks rebounded, with the the regional index rising from a five-week low, and nickel surged toward a bull market as investors weighed the impact of sanctions against Russia. Gold retreated a second day before the Federal Reserve begins ...
Speculators See Gold Gaining With Wheat on Ukraine: Commodities
March 17th, 2014
After shunning gold and wheat for most of last year, hedge fund managers are piling back in as the escalating crisis in Ukraine spurs a rebound in the prices of both commodities. Speculators have the biggest bet on a ...
6 Big Things You Need to Know About Bitcoin This Week
March 17th, 2014
Mt. Gox is history. Flexcoin flatlined, too. Hackers are stealing Bitcoin like crazy. Yup, Bitcoin is looking shadier by the minute. So much so that a Silicon Valley startup wants to bury it underground Fort Knox-style. The controversial cryptocurrency ...
Memorandum of Cooperation between FSA and U.S.
March 11th, 2014
On March 10, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on ...
Differences between Forward and Future contracts
March 6th, 2014
Forward Futures Not standardized. They offer flexibility in terms of maturity date and contract amount, but they lack liquidity because there is no standard format. Standardized. They are for standard amounts and for standard maturity dates, usually the third ...
Future Contracts
March 6th, 2014
A future contract is a legally binding agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specific quantity of a specific underlying instrument on a certain date in the future (expiry date) at a price agreed upon when concluding ...
