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Derivatives- Stock Options and More

December 6th, 2009 · 24 Comments

All center fielders are baseball players but not all baseball players are center fielders. In much the same way, stock options are derivatives but not all derivatives are stock options. A derivative is a financial instrument whose value is “derived” from the underlying asset. It is a contract between two or more parties and the value is determined [...]

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Tags: Derivative · Futures Contracts (Futures) · Hedgers · Speculators · Step-up Orders · Swap · flash trading

Beware of “Pump and Dump” Scams plus Flash Trading Update

September 20th, 2009 · 21 Comments

I’ll bet that each and every one of you have received an email that went something like this:

IMAGINE IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO BUY A WAL-MART FRANCHISE IN MEXICO RIGHT WHEN IT FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS THERE AND ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A SMALL STAKE TO GET IN.
Hurry, we see this stock starting [...]

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Tags: economic news · flash trading · painting the tape · pump and dump scam

The Yield Curve: Trading Opportunities and Economic Outlook plus What is Flash Trading?

August 15th, 2009 · 21 Comments

Baseball fans know all about slow curves, knuckle curves and Uncle Charlie but a sports fanatic who invests in the market should also know about Yield Curves. This is a line that plots the interest rates of (most frequently) three-month, two-year, five-year and thirty-year U.S. Treasury debt (bonds and T-bills). The curve is also used [...]

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Tags: economic news · flash trading · yield curves