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Posts related to ‘proprietary trading’

Commodities Watch: Glencore Gets Taste of Public Scrutiny; Weather Pushing Corn, Wheat Prices

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 1:48 pm

Today's commodities news leads off with a revelation on how the world's largest commodity trader makes some of its profits and follows with a weather report that could push grain ...
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Morgan Stanley Earnings Stand Apart From Goldman Sachs (MS, GS, AMTD, SCHW, WFC)

Posted: January 20, 2011 at 10:35 am

Profits at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) rose 88% in the fourth quarter compared with the same period a year ago. Competitor Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) reported yesterday that ...
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Closing Prop-Trading, Fiduciary Neglect (JPM, GS, BAC, C, MS)

Posted: September 3, 2010 at 1:33 pm

Perhaps the biggest news of the week was that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) was closing down its proprietary trading operations.  The ramifications were taken out of context.  On ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/5/2010)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 8:20 am

Updated throughout the day. Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) have reached an agreement of rules for net neutrality. (various) Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may shut ...
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