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Monthly Archives: June 2007
ECONOMIC DERIVATIVES is dead.
Announces the Wall Street Journal blog. No other info from Google News yet. Economic Derivatives – (U.S.A.) — CME + ICAP + Longitude (previously with Goldman Sachs) CME Economic Derivatives — Midas Oracle was the only publication to report that … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets
Tagged Goldman Sachs, Google, The Wall Street Journal, United States, Wall Street Journal
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Neteller co-founder Stephen Lawrence pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal conspiracy. Lawrence was arrested in January as part of a U.S. crackdown on online gambling.
Wall Street Journal $$$
Any trader who is riding a winning position for the past few months has to hold it to expiry now or else pay 4% to take profit on his OLD position, which was clearly not written into the contract when he PUT THE POSITION ON. No exchange governed by U.S. law could ever get away with this without being sued into oblivion.
ttp://forum.tradesports.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/809603632/m/2611058432 Helpdesk: Hello. How may I help you? you: When I look at the rules/fees tab for a specific long-term contract, it says the fees are 4% of profit you: but this contract was open before 27/6 you: The new … Continue reading
Deep Throat is asking a clarification from TradeSports on its cost of service.
— Helpdesk: Hello. How may I help you? you: How do the new fees apply, if at all, to pregame trades? Helpdesk: 4% of profit you: If I buy pregame and do not trade in-running I still pay 4% if … Continue reading
MONEY NEVER SLEEPS is the sequel to 1987’s WALL STREET which featured the money hungry banker who uttered such famous lines as GREED IS GOOD.
HSX price = $25.75 Gekko has done his jailtime and is now ready to take over a global hedge fund. Stephen Schiff will provide the script. Michael Douglas as Gordon Gecko in Wall Street
Fox News is bad, therefore Rupert Murdoch is bad, therefore Rupert Murdoch buying the Wall Street Journal is bad.
Quite a simplistic reasoning, right? Paul Krugman is not a sophisticated thinker. That said, Paul Krugman has one good point: In October 2003, the nonpartisan Program on International Policy Attitudes published a study titled “Misperceptions, the media and the Iraq … Continue reading
Event derivative trader Caveat Bettor would make a fabulous career as a stand-up comedian, if he decided to branch out.
Caveat Bettor: Chris Masse has Todd’s charts before me, as Chris blogs at the speed of light, and I blog at the speed of diaper changes. Precision: It’s Todd himself who posted on Midas Oracle…
Posted in Humor
Tagged Caveat Bettor, Chris Masse, comedian, event derivative trader, Todd
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Betfair has set up a new software-development centre in Romania to take advantage of skills as well as low costs.
The rationale: Betfair opened the 50-person facility earlier this year with just eight developers. Already it is up to 35 staff and the company expects the facility to be full by September. Although the cost of the staff is around … Continue reading
USFE to Offer Renewable Energy Futures Beginning with Wind Power.
Good idea. U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE) announced June 28 that it will list futures contracts on NORDIX Financial Wind Indexes, created by Weather Bid, LLC, that measure deviations from average wind speeds used in wind power generation.