Derivatives & Trading

Magazine articles on active trading strategies, hedge funds, futures, options, and other derivatives.

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Registered Rep. August 20, 2004	Meting out Justice: NASD Issues 'Extraordinary Remedy' on Broker/Dealer for Market-Timing Abuse In its investigation, the regulator found that from January 2001 through August 2002, National helped four hedge fund clients conduct market-timing in 13 funds that prohibited or restricted such activity.
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Robert Barker	Day Trading: It's Not Always A Fool's Game There's fresh evidence that day trading successfully is not beyond individuals willing and able to commit the time, sweat, and brainpower to build superior skills.
Financial Advisor August 2004 Jeff Schlegel	Time To Reappraise Market Timing? Studies have found that individual investors have done very badly at moving in and out of the market, but some disciplined pros have a better record.
Financial Advisor August 2004 Pauline P. Lam	Commodity Investments Help Diversify Portfolios A new tool--resampled efficiency--helps create optimal allocations. Investors can gain exposure to commodities by investing in commodity index or individual commodity futures contracts. A third option is mutual funds.
Wall Street & Technology July 23, 2004 Kerry Massaro	Innovation on the Horizon Robert Iati, senior analyst at TowerGroup, has spent a lot of time thinking about what the future trading floor might look like.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 Matt Logan	Nygren's Master List Oakmark Fund manager Bill Nygren shares his thoughts on derivatives, Kmart's potential, and his list of favorite value investors.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Tim Beyers	SEC Hedges on Funds The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in a hotly contested battle, chose to force more regulation on the fund industry. A new rule requires hedge funds to register.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Borrus & Dwyer	Lobbying For Laissez-Faire Hedge funds are pouring money into campaign coffers in the U.S. to stop SEC regulation.
Wall Street & Technology June 22, 2004 Ivy Schmerken	How Low Can You Go? Reg NMS' proposed formula for allocating market-data revenues among exchanges isn't getting a warm welcome on the Street.
Wall Street & Technology June 4, 2004 Ivy Schmerken	Credit-Index Trading Takes Off Buy-side interest in two rival credit-derivatives indices is forcing dealers to adopt electronic trading to keep pace.
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