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CreditScore: Sovereign Nations’ Credit Ratings
17 August 2010
Just like we have a credit score assigned to us by an agency such as Fair Isaac Company (FICO), sovereign nations like the United States have a similar credit rating assigned to them by international and national agencies. The infographic above compares the credit rating of the United State... Continue...
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How Long Should the Stock-specific Pause in Trading Last?
02 June 2010
Matthew Simon
1. On May 18, 2010, FINRA and the US equity exchanges submitted proposals to implement stock-specific circuit breakers.
2. A recent SEC press release announced: “…trading in a stock would pause across U.S. equity markets for a five-minute period in the event tha... Continue... -
Buy-Side Option Traders Divided on Pennies
15 March 2009
Andy Nybo
- Buy-side options executions have realized price improvement from the SEC’s Penny Pilot initiative, but there has also been unintended consequences.- Buy-side traders seeking to trade in larger size have been hampered by penny increments si... Continue...
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John Reed on Big Banks’ Power an...
Bill Moyers talks with former Citigroup Chairman John Reed to explore a momentous insta...
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Turning Title VII into an opport...
George Bollenbacher of Kinetix Trading Solutions discusses ways to take advantage of Do...
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UBS's Hatheway on Economic Risks...
UBS Chief Economist and Chief Strategist Larry Hatheway talks about the major economic ...
