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Monthly Archives: April 2013
“Dysfunction junction” has undermined integrity of public markets
Bart Chilton, a commissioner at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, talks about commodities trades and market regulations. Here is a direct link.
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Congress unanimous: staffers don’t have to disclose financial transactions
Background checks for guns couldn’t pass, but Congress did find common ground in passing a new loop hole to the barely minted Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. The usually too-divided-to-act US Congress found the consensus needed to set … Continue reading
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Copper signalling global recession
The dramatic weakness in commodities and mining companies over the past week extends the secular decline we have noted since 2008. But on a shorter-term window, since 2011, price weakness in these sectors has been signaling the onset of a … Continue reading
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