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• When is a speculator not a speculator?

  
  Global Investing — Authority: 127
  A lot of fuss is made about the dangers of speculators in commodity markets. But who is a speculator and who isn’t is based on a definition drawn up in the early part of the last century in the United States. The definition is no longer valid and anybody looking at those reports should be wary of drawing any firm ...
  2 days ago

• Guest Post: Goldman’s Global Oil Scam Passes the 50 Madoff Mark

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 769
  Submitted by Phil at Phils Stock World $2.5 Trillion - That’s the size of of the global oil scam. It’s a number so large that, to put it in perspective, we will now begin measuring the damage done to the global economy in "Madoff Units" ($50Bn rip-offs).  That’s right - $2.5Tn is 50 TIMES the amount ...
  3 days ago

• Net Neutrality is a Made-Up Issue: The Smoking Gun

  
  The Precursor Blog by Scott Cleland — Authority: 497
  To see "smoking gun" proof that "net neutrality" is a made-up issue and argument, read the short but telling  excerpt below from George Lakoffs Book : " Thinking Points " published October 3, 2006, when the only net neutrality incident at that time was the FCCs  Consent Decree with rural telco, Madison River ...
  6 days ago

• CTA Lead List Basics

  
  Hedge Fund Law Blog — Authority: 125
  By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.mallonpc.com) “Purchased Lead Lists and How to Use Them” A good resource for CTAs that are actively trying to raise money are lead lists – lists of names and contact information of potential future clients or investors.  This overview is for the CTA Expo 2009 program entitled ...
  1 week ago

• Brooksley Born: Responsible, Accountable, American

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 127
  Politics has a way of reminding us that the conventional wisdom, while widely held, is not always wise.David CarrNew York TimesWashingtonThe Making Of An American LegendAs a nation, we’ve strayed from the values of our ancestors.  Shared interests have been supplanted by private interests. Being responsible for ...
  1 week ago

• Federal Court Freezes Assets of Moroccan Resident Richmond Hamilton, Jr., and the Chicago Commodity Pool He Manages in a $1 Million Pool Anti-Fraud Case Brought by the CFTC

  
  Forex Law Blog — Authority: 99
  Court Appoints a Receiver to Identify Assets and Funds Owed Customers Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held by defendants Raleigh Capital Management, Inc. (RCM), of Chicago, Ill., and its sole principal, ...
  1 week ago

• CTA Regulatory and Compliance Discussion

  
  Hedge Fund Law Blog — Authority: 125
  By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.mallonpc.com) “Compliance in a Changing Environment” As we are all well aware both the investing and the regulatory environments have experienced a dramatic refocusing on compliance and related issues in the wake of the 2008 meltdown and the Bernie Madoff affair.  This overview is ...
  1 week ago

• CTA Advertising and Marketing Issues to Consider

  
  Hedge Fund Law Blog — Authority: 125
  By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.mallonpc.com) Marketing for Small CTAs For small commodity trading advisory (CTA) firms, marketing and advertising the expertise of the principals is a central way to gain new clients and make more money.  This overview is for the CTA Expo 2009 program entitled Marketing for Small CTAs. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are You Ready for the Next Crisis?

  
  Moral Philosophy and Current Events — Authority: 127
  By Paul Craig Roberts October 26, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- Evidence that the US is a failed state is piling up faster than I can record it. One conclusive hallmark of a failed state is that the crooks are inside the government, using government to protect and to advance their private interests. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Frontline: The Warning

  
  Stuck on Wall Street — Authority: 119
  In The Warning, veteran FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk unearths the hidden history of the nation’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. At the center of it all he finds Brooksley Born, who speaks for the first time on television about her failed campaign to regulate the secretive, multitrillion-dollar ...
  3 weeks ago

• NFA new margin requirements

  
  Gav's trading blog — Authority: 119
  This is not a breaking news, just a reminder to my readers since THE change is coming in around a month time. Official date given by NFA is 30th November 2009. CFTC approved NFA amendments to Section 12 of NFA rule book , which requires FDMs to collect a margin deposit of 1% of the notional value of the position held ...
  3 weeks ago

• ND20 Alert: Derivatives Regulation. Does Barney Frank heed the warning?

  
  New Deal 2.0 — Authority: 138
  See the story on FRONTLINE of Brooksley Born and the Commodities Futures Trading Corp (CFTC). Featuring Rubin, Greenspan, Summers, Levitt and Roosevelt Institute friends Joe Stiglitz and Michael Greenberger. From PBS website: “Long before the meltdown, one woman tried to warn about a threat to the financial ...
  3 weeks ago

• Frontline: The Warning (Complete Episode)

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 437
  Synopsis: In The Warning, veteran FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk unearths the hidden history of the nation’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. At the center of it all he finds Brooksley Born, who speaks for the first time on television about her failed campaign to regulate the secretive, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Frontlines Report on the Battle to Regulate OTC Derivatives in 1998

  
  Breakout Performance: Ironfire Capital — Authority: 413
  
  3 weeks ago

• CFTC Head Addresses Futures Industry in Chicago

  
  Hedge Fund Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Futures Industry Association Annual Expo CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler today spoke at the Futures Industry Association’s annual expo in Chicago. While most of the Chairman’s speech  focused on the proposed regulation of the OTC derivatives markets , Chairman Gensler also discussed the recent SEC and CFTC ...
  3 weeks ago

• Brooksley Born

  
  wisnuaji dot com — Authority: 538
  Brooksley Born finally gets to tell her story on national TV. Note the pathetic apology by Arthur Levitt below for being part of the Greenspan-Rubin-Summers gang that tried to ruin Ms. Born’s career in Washington in the name of making the world safe for OTC derivatives. And notice that this was one of [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Born Derivatives

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 125
  Not to be confused with the Bourne Identity, where Jason Bourne is battling a nasty case of psychogenic amnesia, as well as a nasty case of yet another CIA conspiracy.Born Derivatives deals with conspiracies too.  Except this Born is the woman who warned the K Street Congress of the financial meltdown we all now know ...
  3 weeks ago

• CTA Expo 2009

  
  Hedge Fund Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Commodity Trading Advisor Conference Next week there will be a conference for Commodity Trading Advisors held in Chicago at the Hotel Monaco.  The conference, entitled the CTA Expo 2009, will be held on Wednesday and will feature a variety of topics of interest to CTAs.  The agenda includes: Continental ...
  4 weeks ago

• OTC Derivatives Markets Act of 2009 Passes House Committee Vote

  
  Hedge Fund Law Blog — Authority: 125
  CFTC Chairman Gensler Applauds “Historic Progress” In a first step towards increased regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives markets, the House Financial Services Committee approved the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets Act of 2009 .  The act is one of several initiatives to increase regulatory ...
  4 weeks ago

• CTA and CPO Registration and Compliance Guide

  
  Hedge Fund Law Blog — Authority: 125
  Practical guidance for CTA and CPO firms Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs) have been contacting me with greater regularity and we have decided to provide those firms with more detailed information on their registration and compliance requirements. Over the course of the next few ...
  4 weeks ago

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