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Big Banks, Serious Trouble
October 12th, 2015
It turns out that the world of ZIRP/NIRP isn’t the banking paradise that some thought it would be. See Why The Big Banks Want Higher Interest Rates. Whether the problem is with low interest rates themselves or the fact ...
SEC: Blackstone to Pay Nearly $39 Million Settlement
October 8th, 2015
Blackstone Charged With Disclosure Failures Private Equity Advisers to Pay Nearly $39 Million Settlement The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that three private equity fund advisers within The Blackstone Group have agreed to pay nearly $39 million to settle ...
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 ...
$50 Oil: So Close, Yet Oh So Far
October 8th, 2015
U.S. futures slip below $48, as inventories increase more than expected Oil prices pulled back from a one-month high on Wednesday, as yet another rally fizzled on a muddled supply outlook. Having pushed to nearly $50 a barrel in ...
China stocks rally as trading resumes
October 8th, 2015
Asian stocks traded mixed on Thursday despite a positive lead from Wall Street, with Chinese equities outperforming after mainland markets resumed trade following a week-long holiday. Major U.S. indexes closed higher overnight, helped by a recovery in health care ...
Goldman, Morgan Stanley win back hedge fund trading business
October 7th, 2015
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are winning back the trading business of hedge fund clients that they lost to European rivals during the financial crisis, as new capital rules spur banks like Deutsche Bank to scale down their businesses. ...
Federal Court charges Alexander Glytenko and Direct Investment Products, Inc.
October 6th, 2015
Federal Court Orders Alexander Glytenko and His Company, Direct Investment Products, Inc., to Pay a Monetary Penalty and Restitution Totaling More than $3.8 Million in Connection with Commodity Pool Fraud The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced ...
Wake Up to U.K. Exit Risks, Banks Tell Investors as Polls Shift
October 6th, 2015
Societe Generale sees risk of U.K. leaving EU as high as 45% Europe threatens to overshadow Conservative Party conference Investors are being urged to tune into the looming political battle over the U.K.’s membership of the European Union amid signs ...
Gold stocks go through the roof
October 5th, 2015
Shares in Australian gold miners rallied hard on Monday, with Northern Star Resources even hitting a new all-time high on an improved outlook for the precious metal. The spot gold price jumped 2.2 per cent to $US1136 an ounce ...
Banks Finalize $1.86 Billion Credit-Swaps Settlement
October 2nd, 2015
Suit claimed banks conspired to prevent competition Wall Street’s biggest banks have agreed to pay $1.86 billion to settle accusations that they conspired to prevent competition in the credit-derivatives markets, according to plaintiff lawyers in the private lawsuit. Twelve ...
