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Could a Transaction Tax Be Part of European Debt Solution?

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 1:05 pm

French president Nicolas Sarkozy has gotten agreement from Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, for a tax on financial transactions. The reaction from Britain, Europe’s financial center, is decidedly chilly. The US ...
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SEC Seeks To Change Market Circuit Breakers

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 3:43 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the national securities exchanges and FINRA are filing proposals in a move to revise the current stock market circuit breakers in an ...
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Can NASDAQ Create More Interest in Water Investing? (GE, MMM, AWK, NLC, ECL, ITT, INSU, TTEK, PHO, PIO, FIW, CGW)

Posted: July 26, 2011 at 12:25 pm

There is a paradox when it comes to investing... All long-term portfolios need to have exposure to water investments, yet the reality is that investing in water is just not ...
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Public Exchange Envy… BATS Files For IPO (NYX, NDAQ, CME, CBOE, ICE, BATS, BAC, C, CS, DB, JPM, MS)

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 7:56 am

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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Why Stop At A Second Stimulus?

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 10:47 am

Laura Tyson, who began arguing for second stimulus six months after the $787 billion plan was passed, is making her case again. It may be too little too late. Writing ...
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NASDAQ Cancels Trades On 296 Companies

Posted: May 7, 2010 at 5:08 am

Acknowledging that there may have been human error in the very sharp but temporary drop in stock prices yesterday, the NASDAQ has canceled trades on dozens of stocks that were made ...
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The VIX Becomes Worthless, Again (VXX, VXZ)

Posted: January 8, 2010 at 3:43 pm

The CBOE Volatility Index or "The VIX" has turned worthless as a market indicator.  This happens from time to time, and it is often followed by rapid change.  Today the ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: $10 Trillion In Baby Boomer Cash

Posted: October 7, 2009 at 8:00 am

Baby boomers control $10 trillion in assets. A great deal if not most of that money has been invested in the stock market as this part of the population attempted ...
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Sirius XM (SIRI) Gets Nasdaq Warning On Stock Price

Posted: September 18, 2009 at 5:40 am

Sirius XM (SIRI) faces a possible delisting from the Nasdaq, according to a disclosure by the company. The firm's common stock closed below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days. ...
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Best Performing Sectors This Week: Cancer Stocks, Home Furnishing, Aircraft Leasing

Posted: April 16, 2009 at 12:07 pm

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Looking For The “Real” Investor

Posted: April 16, 2009 at 4:40 am

The head of The New York Stock Exchange is questioning the viability of the tremendous March market rally. He contends "real" investors were not in the thick of the trading. ...
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Exchange Wars: What Will NYSE Get From Qatar? (NYX, NDAQ, CME)

Posted: June 24, 2008 at 10:58 am

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) has signed a strategic partnership with the State of Qatar in a bid that may transform the Doha Securities Market.  The visibility is aimed to ...
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CME Acquiring NYMEX

Posted: March 17, 2008 at 7:00 am

It's official.  The CME Group Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) is acquiring NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX).  The commodities and futures exchanges announced a definitive agreement where CME will acquire NYMEX ...
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NYSE Going Further Into Futures & Derivatives (NYX, CME)

Posted: March 14, 2008 at 4:10 pm

NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and CME Group, Inc. (NYSE: CME) announced late today that NYSE would purchase CME Group's Metals Complex. NYSE noted that trading of full and e-mini contracts ...
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NASDAQ Furthers Options Interest (NDAQ, NYX)

Posted: March 12, 2008 at 1:51 pm

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has received approval from the SEC that will allow the exchange to launch its equity and index options market.  The new exchange will ...
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