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Oil Speculators Make `Easy’ Bearish Call at 85-Year Supply High
October 27th, 2015
Money managers increase bearish wagers by most since July U.S. crude supplies have gained 5% in past four weeks Hedge funds placed the most bets on falling oil prices since July as rising piles of crude dashed hopes of ...
Negative Interest Rates Are Here
October 20th, 2015
Not so long ago, a bank was by definition a business that took deposits from customers, paid them for the use of their money, and lent the cash to other customers at a profit. But that’s not how it ...
The 10 Richest Investors in the World
October 19th, 2015
We all know the world of financial investing can be extremely lucrative. Forbes’ 2015 annual World Billionaires List sheds light on some of the richest billionaire investors and how they amassed their enormous wealth. Below is a rundown of ...
Spotex Deploys Azul Zing for Consistent Low Latency Trading
October 19th, 2015
ECN Running on Zing Delivers Competitive Advantage to Buy and Sell-Side Participants News Highlights: • The deployment of Zing has increased performance on the Spotex ECN by 28% • Zing has eliminated latency outliers which previously exceeded 50 milliseconds ...
Citi dials down risky block trading amid market turmoil
October 13th, 2015
Over the summer, as the U.S. stock market wobbled and then plunged 4 percent in a day, Citigroup made a tough choice: to dial down risk-taking in the bank’s capital markets group. Phil Drury and Doug Adams, then co-heads ...
Gold hits 7-week high as traders bet on U.S. rate hike delay
October 12th, 2015
Gold reaches highest since August at $1,166.60/oz Dollar near 3-week low after Fed minutes Hedge fund, money managers lift bullish bets to 4-mth high Gold rose to 7-week highs on Monday as expectations that the Federal Reserve will postpone ...
Stock Market Crash October 2015? 9 Of The 16 Largest Crashes In History Have Come This Month
October 8th, 2015
The worst stock market crashes in U.S. history have come during the month of October. There is just something about this time of the year that seems to be conducive to financial panic. For example, on October 28th, 1929 ...
In defeat for UBS, Connecticut top court finds broad whistleblower rights
October 6th, 2015
Ex-UBS executive says was fired for complaints State law offers broader protection than US Constitution Connecticut’s highest court made it easier for private sector workers to bring whistleblower claims against their employers without fear of retaliation, ruling in a ...
EBS BrokerTec acquires Molten Markets
October 5th, 2015
Acquisition completes EBS’s offering for all customer segments EBS BrokerTec, ICAP‘s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, announces today that it has acquired Molten Markets Inc., a foreign exchange technology provider for asset managers and pension ...
This Is For The ‘Nothing Is Happening’ Crowd…
September 30th, 2015
A lot of people out there expected something to happen in September that did not ultimately happen. There were all kinds of wild theories floating around, and many of them had no basis in reality whatsoever. But without a ...
