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Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made waves last week, calling out the regulatory environment for banks as downright un-American.That kind of bluster is old hat for the top bank exec. Dimon was quick to position himself as the chief critic of bank regulation even as J.P. Morgan’s JPM, +0.32% peers Bank of America BAC, […]
China overtakes Japan to become world’s second largest stock marketPublished time: November 29, 2014 14:21Get short URLReuters/Carlos BarriaTagsBanking, China, Investment, Japan, MarketsThe capitalization of the Chinese stock market increased 33 percent in 2014 reaching $4.48 trillion, which makes the market second only to the US.Japan’s stock market declined 3.2 percent to $4.46 trillion in 2013, according to Bloomberg analysts.The Chinese […]
Indexes opened up to start Tuesday but sold off modestly as the day progressed as someone somewhere tried to find something negative in the Yellen comments to Congress. So they found a blurb where she called valuations stretched for smaller social media and biotechnology stocks and those areas sold off. Something like this is usually forgotten about in 24 hours. […]
Bitcoin Technical Analysis 1st JulyBy Forexminute – Yes Option | Bitcoin | Jul 1, 2014 12:08PM BSTBitcoin traders finally got the price breakout they have been waiting for, as the USMS auction was considered a success and drove the price up nearly 7% over the course of yesterday’s trading to reach the 640 level having been stuck in the […]
A link to this post is being retweeted in unusually large numbers: 100% Reserve Banking — The History, by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi: So both John Cochrane and Martin Wolf are advocating 100% reserve banking. If these two agree on anything, it’s worth taking seriously! (It’s pretty amazing how advocates for narrow banking come from across the […]
Welcome to our daily roundup of top insider trades. Here’s a look at the most significant inside purchases recently filed with the SEC.Notable Purchases:
Phillip Frost, Chairman and CEO of multinational biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company Opko Health (NYSE:OPK), bought 129,800 shares of company stock for $1,043,618.
George Sakellaris, CEO of energy efficiency solutions provider Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC), bought 73,689 shares of company stock for $515,823.
Donald Hess, director at […]
Originally published February 24, 2014 at 6:27 AM | Page modified February 25, 2014 at 6:27 AM
NEW YORK — The stock market ended higher Monday, but a late fade kept it from closing at an all-time high.The market marched broadly higher most of the day, helped by optimism about the economy and more corporate mergers, only to slowly […]
Stock Market Margin DebtStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Feb 14, 2014 – 08:58 AM GMTBy: Fred_Sheehan
John Hussman (Hussman Funds) wrote in his February 3, 2014, Weekly Market Comment: “The latest data from the NYSE shows equity margin debt at a new all-time high. Relative to GDP, the current 2.6% level was eclipsed only […]
Lojko: social media mattersHelping traders to understand input from social media can be a key differentiating factor, according to Albert Lojko, head of content strategy, data management and delivery at Thomson Reuters.Lojko previously worked at online trading company Tradeweb, where he was involved in building the site’s trading platform. He joined Thomson Reuters and began work on its Eikon trading […]
Sir Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, is chaiman of B&M and a senior advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the private equity firm that owns 60% of the chain. Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianB&M, a discount retailer set up in Blackpool with just £750 in 1978, is preparing for a stock market flotation that could value […]
