Futures (Cedar Falls, IA) articles from July 2009

Futures (Cedar Falls, IA) archives from July 2009

CDS clearing battle.(BUY SIDE VS. SELL SIDE)
July 1, 2009... So far, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has emerged as the volume winner among exchange efforts to clear credit default swaps (CDS). ICE US Trust, which has the backing of major investment banks, had total volume of $84 billion at the end...

Goldman Sachs joins ELX.(BIG BACKER)
July 1, 2009... Upstart exchange ELX made a splash on June 1 when it announced that Goldman Sachs would become a founding partner. ELX, which is backed by a consortium of financial institutions, received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

Gensler confirmed as CFTC chair.(Trading Places)
July 1, 2009... Gary Gensler was confirmed as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 19. He was nominated to head the agency in January. "Gensler will not only maintain the stellar regulatory performance of the past, but expand the...

FX leaderboard reveals opportunities.(Forex Trader)
July 1, 2009... We certainly have seen powerful movements in currency pairs in the first half of 2009. Some of these moves have been in the thousands of pips. Of course, looking back is easy and the challenge to the forex trader is to participate in similar...

Mr. Bernanke, meet the bond traders.(Market Watch)
July 1, 2009... It's not getting easier to make monetary policy in an improving but still acutely uncertain economic and financial climate. Things were precarious enough when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke merely had a financial crisis and recession...

Economic recovery: running on empty: the historic economic downturn that accelerated last September is still unfolding in 2009 even as some predict a recovery. Despite rising unemployment, some analysts see "green shoots" of optimism. Are rising interest rates a sign of a burgeoning recovery or warning clouds heralding unprecedented levels of inflation on the horizon?(MARKETS)(Cover story)
July 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A bomb was dropped on the financial world and the economy at large when the financial sector collapsed in the fall of 2008, and the United States and the rest of the world are still working through the damage in...

Trading price action in Treasuries: price action provides clear guidance to the seemingly random nature of today's markets. Here, we look at several examples in 10-year Treasury note futures and discuss how this market differs from the popular E-mini.(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
July 1, 2009... Once you achieve an understanding of price action dynamics, all you need to trade successfully is a five-minute chart and a 20-bar exponential moving average (EMA). This works for scalping trades in the E-mini S&P 500, but also stocks and...

Alphabetical company listings.(2009 GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC TRADING)(Directory)
July 1, 2009... Listed here are companies that have electronic trading-related products and services featured in the list beginning on page S20. You will find each company's web address, phone and fax numbers, and the categories in which it offers products....

Products & services.(2009 GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC TRADING)(Directory)
July 1, 2009... This directory lists companies that offer products or services of interest to traders, investors and firms trading electronically. Listed in alphabetical order by company, each listing includes the product name(s), e-mail and Web page address,...

Options: taking control of a volatile situation: no question about it, the current energy markets posses a lot of volatility. Options offer several ways to manage and profit from that volatility. Here's one effective method, starting with the basics.(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
July 1, 2009... These are indeed volatile times. While many commodity markets are coming off stupendous highs, few have risen, or have fallen, as far as the energy markets. Crude oil prices fell to levels this winter that were unthinkable last summer--prices...

ABCs of ETFs: one of the advantages of ETFs has always been their simplicity, but the popularity if these vehicles is growing and they are capable of serving a wider investment strategy.(FUTURES 101)
July 1, 2009... Unless you've been living on another planet, you know that exchange-traded funds (ETF) are one of the fastest growing investment vehicles today. Like mutual funds, ETFs give professional and individual investors (including those of more...

Doing your due diligence: investment fraud is certainly not a new phenomenon but, as Warren Buffet once said, you only find out who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out. During the past year, the receding waters of this recession are exposing a new skinny dipper almost every week.(MANAGED MONEY)
July 1, 2009... Bernard Madoff created a pyramid scheme so massive that he may ultimately usurp the name Ponzi. Madoff's enterprise had two essential requirements: first, an ever increasing flow of fresh investor money; and second, clients willing to trust him...

Trading Without Gambling: Develop a Game Plan for Ultimate Trading Success.
July 1, 2009... Trading Without Gambling: Develop a Game Plan for Ultimate Trading Success By Marcel Link Wiley and Sons $60.00, 274 pages Books on trading are numerous. Books on trading that go to the heart of successful trading...

Dateline.(Calendar)
July 1, 2009... CONTRACT DATES 1 LTD: ICE Aug Cocoa OF, U.S. Dollar Index OF, Euro Index OF 5 LTD: CBOT Cash Settled Ethanol F, Ethanol F 6 LTD: Euronext-Liffe 1-Month Eonia (London) F 7 LTD: BM&F Sugar F, Alcohol F 8 LTD: ICE Cotton F,...