The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted 5-0 today to limit how brokers invest clientsâ margin in money market funds, and ban investments...
Lombard, Illinois-based fund Highridge Futures Fund LLP on Friday said its more than $50 million account with the broker-dealer unit of MF...
Of course my confidence has been shaken. I repeat. The CFTC should've made an example of that Corzine crook. Otherwise as you point out brokers...
Another MF Global bad precedent: customers were blocked out of their accounts. The system is supposed to be able to allow orderly...
MF customer problems are due to fraud, not something seriously wrong with the system. I guess there's probably a monitoring problem but other...
MF actually was more expensive in commisions than other firms. You could get cheap trading only through its introducing brokers.
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/10/31/717181/mf-global-and-the-repo-to-maturity-trade/ MF Global and the repo-to-maturity trade "So,...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204394804577012061970129588.html?mod=googlenews_wsj "A person familiar with the situation said...
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=MF%2BGlobal%2Blooks%2Bto%2Btake%2Bmore%2Brisk%2Bsite%253Arisk.net&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCcQFjAA&url=http%3A%...
That leaves Interactive Brokers as the biggest independent futures broker in town. 2nd Place RCG.
Yes the ECB is under huge pressure to do "what every other CB is doing". But ... is monetary easing "by every other CB in the world" solving...
In Latinamerica lending rates are high, but deposit rates are low. Banks lend at 15-20% average, but pay 4% or less for deposits. That's why...
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/174649-whip-count-house-leaders-seek-votes-to-pass-debt-limit-deal
http://www.newser.com/article/d9oqdvc80/suddenly-a-late-stab-at-debt-limit-compromise-to-avert-us-default-after-weeks-of-sniping.html
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/07/30/debt.talks/index.html
The media starting to pickup commentary that Obama and the democrats have been lying all along, that default is not coming, that the world is not...
This is essentially Boehner's plan, so Moody's should reaffirm AAA rating, per its friday statement. With negative outlook though.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-07-31/framework-of-deal-is-said-reached-on-raising-u-s-debt-ceiling.html
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/07/white-house-republicans-strike-tenative-deal-to-raise-debt-ceiling-.html
Super-bullish. The government got us into this mess to begin with.
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