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Opinion: Will Financial Reform Work? It Depends

Jul 16th 2010 – 6:35AM
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Robyn Beck, AFP / Getty Images

(July 16) -- In speaking about the financial regulation bill he will soon sign, President Barack Obama said that the bill "will prevent a financial crisis like this from happening again." This is oversimplified -- there is no way to prevent every crisis and this bill doesn't come close. In leaving Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Taming Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction

By Joseph SchumanMar 9th 2010 – 9:45PM
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(March 9) -- The campaign to rein in a type of risky investment villainized in the economic crisis and blamed for the government bailout of AIG and the financial collapse of Greece is gaining momentum in Washington and other capitals, where officials are comparing it to piracy of another age. On Tuesday, a key U.S....

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Women & Co: Want to Make Some Extra Cash? Clean Out Your Closet!

May 31st 2012 - 07:03PM

When I first committed to my annual ritual of cleaning out my closet years ago, I experienced an instant pang of separation anxiety -- the feeling that I simply couldn't let go of these things in my closet, no matter how egregiously unfashionable they were.

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Credit Default Swaps: Still Here, Still Able to Wreak Havoc

May 11th 2012 - 03:07PM

JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ), the country's biggest bank, is reporting a $2 billion trading loss that occurred in the space of just six weeks.

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Elizabeth Parisian: The Most Powerful Company You've Never Heard of: Meet CME Group

By Elizabeth Parisian May 04th 2012 - 03:40PM

Think of powerful, multi-billion dollar corporations, and many come readily to mind.

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Feds Nix Financial Market Bets On The 2012 Election

By The Huffington Post Apr 02nd 2012 - 07:15PM

If you were hoping to bet big on the 2012 elections in the swaps and derivatives market, you just rolled snake eyes.

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CFTC accuses Royal Bank of Canada of sham trades

By Marcy Gordon Apr 02nd 2012 - 04:12PM

WASHINGTON -U.S. regulators are accusing one of Canada's largest banks of engaging in hundreds of millions of dollars in sham futures trades to reap tax benefits on its holdings of company stocks.

derivatives News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 USD/JPY Weekly Outlook Source: International Business Times (Australia) In the bigger picture, there is no sign of trend reversal in USD/JPY yet and the whole down trend from 124.13 (2007 high) is still in progress.
  • 06/02/12 Interesting read if you've got the time (Alludes to... Source: Agoracom The Biblical story is told of a tower built ever higher in order to achieve contact with the heavens, lest they be scattered upon the earth.
  • 06/02/12 Council discusses how to spend WSF settlement money Source: Bainbridge Island Review - Bainbridge Island WA The Bainbridge Island City Council has been talking about how to spend the $2 million settlement from Washington State Ferries.
  • 06/02/12 Weston Class of 2012: Ready For the Future Source: Weston Patch - Weston MA The graduation of Weston High School's 144th class on Friday evening was marked by mild temperatures, pride, and perhaps the occasional Kleenex, as family and friends gathered to wish the class of 2012 well as they prepare for the journey ahead.
  • 06/02/12 "Deep and Cheap" on the Week Source: Barron's Online Investors are increasingly buying "deep and cheap" weekly options to hedge against sharp declines in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and other benchmarks.

Background on derivatives

Derivative, in calculus, is a measurement of how a function changes when the values of its inputs change.

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