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CME Group reached Average Daily Volume of 16.3 million contracts in April 2017
May 3rd, 2017
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that April 2017 average daily volume (ADV) reached 16.3 million contracts, up 18 percent from April 2016. CME Group April 2017 options volume averaged 4 million contracts ...
Oil rebounds on U.S. stocks drawdown, declining OPEC compliance weighs
May 3rd, 2017
Crude oil prices bounced back on Wednesday as a decline in U.S. inventories underpinned the market, although a dip in compliance with OPEC efforts to reduce output and near record supplies capped gains. The benchmark for global oil market, ...
Oil posted losses for two weeks in a row
May 2nd, 2017
U.S. crude futures have posted losses for two weeks in a row and are poised to sink again, according to a historical correlation between oil prices and GDP data. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the U.S. economy grew ...
The Housing Bubble Is Back
April 27th, 2017
Last week I ran into a friend whom I’d been worrying about. He’s a real estate appraiser and his work had been drying up as interest rates rose and homeowners stopped refinancing their mortgages. But now he’s back to ...
Oil prices fall on lingering oversupply concerns
April 27th, 2017
Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by a general sentiment of globally bloated markets, though traders said that prices seemed to have found support around current levels. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading at ...
Baltic Exchange outlines bold plans to enhance maritime leadership role
April 26th, 2017
Development of post-trade digital maritime market infrastructure Move into LNG and container indices Enhancement of regulatory role Change of data distribution policies Newly appointed Baltic Exchange Chief Executive Mark Jackson has set out the Exchange’s ambitious vision of the ...
71 Binary Options and Forex providers added to CFTC RED List
April 26th, 2017
As part of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) ongoing efforts to help protect Americans from fraud, today the CFTC added 71 new names to the RED List. These 71 new additions bring the total number of foreign ...
Oil edges up after six days of straight losses
April 25th, 2017
Oil prices inched up on Tuesday but markets remain under pressure following six consecutive sessions of declines as traders lose confidence that pledged output cuts by major producers will rein in oversupply in a world awash with fuel. U.S. ...
Gulf states are spending billions to attract tourists
April 24th, 2017
Gulf states are spending billions of dollars creating ambitious strategies to attract visitors as tourism becomes a stronger plank of their economies. This week’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai will show the changing face of the industry as entertainment ...
America’s financial war strategy
April 23rd, 2017
America’s renewed desire to escalate military tensions is a front for America’s continual financial war, this time directed at North Korea, Syria and possibly Iran. This is likely to be the opinion of China’s strategic advisors. We analyse the ...