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Private Company Markets, Many Opportunities With Many Caveats

When you hear about shares of Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, LinkedIn, Zynga, Pandora, Yelp, and others selling on so-called "private company markets," the frenzy of getting to invest into high-growth private ...
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Public Exchange Envy… BATS Files For IPO (NYX, NDAQ, CME, CBOE, ICE, BATS, BAC, C, CS, DB, JPM, MS)

The U.S. is about to get another electronic exchange listed as a public stock.  BATS Global Markets, Inc. wants to come public and has just filed for an initial public ...
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Five Stocks That Will Cheer The Flash Crash Anniversary Passage (ACN, AAPL, CNP, EXC, PG)

Friday, May 6, 2011 will mark the one-year anniversary of the 2010 Flash Crash.  The Flash Crash has been blamed on many things and many investors still dispute the true ...
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SEC Operational Plans If Government Closes Down (NYX, NDAQ, CME, ICE, CBOE)

If you are like the rest of who are upset about some 'minor market issues' like Bernie Madoff, Raj, Octopussy, and the dozens of other extreme violations of securities laws, ...
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M&A Watch: Fallacy of Pac Man Exchange Mergers (NYX, NDAQ, ICE)

Early this morning when most people were asleep came news that the NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) was considering an opt-out of its existing merger pact with Deutsche Boerse to turn on ...
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From Shame to Antitrust: NYSE and NASDAQ-ICE Merger (NYX, NDAQ, ICE, CME)

First it was the shame that one of America's greatest names was going to effectively be foreign-owned.  The NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) is currently in a pending merger agreement ...
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The M&A Daily: Why Specialty Platforms Matter To Brokerage Firms (SCHW, OXPS, AMTD, ETFC, CBOE, NDAQ, NYX, MKTX, IBKR, TRAD)

It is 12:00 Noon and that means it is time for The M&A Daily.  While news came out on Monday that Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) was acquiring optionsXpress Holdings, ...
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Mergers Meet Valuation Concerns in Exchanges (NYX, NDAQ, ICE, CBOE, CME)

The recently announced merger between the NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) and Deutsche Boerse has created a conundrum in the sector of exchanges.  Now there is a need to consolidate, ...
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More Exchange Mergers; Regulators Should Say No! (NYX, NDAQ, CME, CBOE, ICE)

Exchanges are already too powerful.  Now comes word that NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) is in advanced talks with Germany's Deutsche Boerse.  Shares were halted per the NYSE request.  The good ...
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Irish Bank Caught by NYSE Listing Rules Game (AIB, IRE)

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (NYSE: AIB) has been in trouble from top to bottom from the financial crisis.  Things have become dire enough that now the bank has listing issues.  ...
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Does Pacific Ethanol Deserve Listing Requirement Extensions? (PEIX)

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX) is trading higher this morning on reports that NASDAQ sent it a letter dated December 28, 2010 notifying the company that it has met all ...
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Coffee Conundrum: Coffee Shelf Life vs. Corporate Finance (ICE, KFT, SBUX, FARM, GMCR, PEET, CBOU, JO)

Coffee prices have been rising, primarily as a result of a projected failure in the Colombian crop due to heavy rains. Colombia usually produces about 12 million bags of coffee ...
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FXCM Meets With Interest In IPO Debut (FXCM)

A new IPO is out and it makes a living off of the world of FOREX, which also happens to be the largest financial market in the world.  FXCM Inc. ...
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Beyond Gold Trading… E-Micro Gold Contracts (GLD, IAU, PHYS, CME)

Exchange traded funds cover almost every strategy that the retail investor can imagine.  If you can't find an ETF, there may be a futures contract out there to trade an ...
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Underwriters & Analysts Turn Back on CBOE (CBOE)

CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) is trading as a busted IPO under its formal IPO pricing.  The $29.00 price was up 13% in June when the deal came public but ...
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