Author: Aaron

  • DIFX Reaches Trading Agreement with Netherlands

    The financial services regulator in the Netherlands has agreed to allow brokers there to connect directly to the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) and trade securities, in a decision that strengthens the international links of the exchange. The decision by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), in conjunction with the Netherlands Finance Ministry,…

  • The Dow Theory

    You will hear a lot about the Dow Theory as you travel through your trading career. Dow himself never actually used the phrase. That came later as analysts began to use the term. I should back up here slightly and mention that in 1884 Dow published his first stock market average of 11 stocks. From…

  • International Monetary Fund Told to Sell Gold

    St. LOUIS (ResourceInvestor.com) — An esteemed group of eminent persons, including former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and current President of the European Central Bank Claude Trichet, has recommended that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sell up to 400 tonnes of gold as means to finance ongoing costs. In a report submitted to the IMF Executive…

  • NYMEX to Present At Financial Services Conference

    NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that NYMEX Chairman Richard Schaeffer, NYMEX President and Chief Executive Officer James E. Newsome, and NYMEX Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Shifrin will present at the Citigroup Financial Services Conference in New York,…

  • US Investor – Wake Up

    Look Internationally for Investment Inspiration Michael Fischer is an investment professional with over ten years of experience, the latter nine at Goldman Sachs. He has bought and sold billions of dollars of investment products on behalf of his clients and himself; and shares his expertise in his new book Savings and Investing: Financial Knowledge and…

  • Is ‘Private Oil’ Threatening the NYMEX?

    Rapid expansion in China and India has led the governments of these countries to make sweeping changes in the way they buy oil. In many cases, they are beginning to circumvent the traditional distribution networks of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), and other bourses, entirely. In fact, according to a report released Wednesday by…

  • The Options Doctor

    The Options Queen, Jeanette Schwarz has just released her first book: The Options Doctor: Option Strategies for Every Kind of Market (Wiley Trading) The cold winds have returned to the North-Eastern region of the United States, just as we all were about to sell our old winter clothing. We here, in this region, have been…

  • Financial Peace-of-Mind in 2007

    Expert Sources: Top Financial Advisors Spencer Sherman and Brent Kessel of Abacus Wealth Partners Discuss Proven Strategies for Creating Wealth What are the hot stocks and mutual funds for 2007 and how do you find them? These are questions that many investors have today. Spencer Sherman and Brent Kessel of Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC (www.abacuswealth.com),…

  • Hold China, Shun Dollars

    Hold China, Shun Dollars – A row of investment awards from some of the world’s largest financial institutions lines the wall of the 76th floor conference room at Henderson Land, the main company owned by Hong Kong billionaire Lee Shau Kee. Skeptics say Lee’s success owes mainly to good ties with bankers and a popular…