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Product development in the age of indexing: Revolutionary changes have occurred throughout the futures and derivatives industry and one important aspect has been in product development generally and indexing in particular. It is hard to believe, but equity indexes and futures and options based on them became a commonly used investment tool only 25 or...; Tags: derivatives, Dow Jones & Company Inc., FINANCE, Investment, The Dow Chemical Co., volatility; Research articles 2008-10-01
2008 MIT Sloan CFO Summit Examines Phenomenon of "Relentless Volatility": Chief Financial Officers of Broadcom, Microsoft, Cardinal Health, U.S. Department of Defense, and Hartford Financial Services Group Weigh In NEWTON, Mass. -- The MIT Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the school's Alumni Club of Boston, today announced the 2008 MIT Sloan CFO Summit, the largest annual gathering...; Tags: CFO, Editor, FINANCE, Investment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summit, volatility; Research articles 2008-09-23
Piper Jaffray Deploys Imagine Software for Portfolio and Risk Management: New System Assists with First Foray into Derivatives NEW YORK -- Imagine Software, a leading provider of on-demand, real-time portfolio and risk management solutions worldwide, today announced the successful rollout of its Internet-based Derivatives.com product with respected international middle market investment bank and institutional securities firm Piper Jaffray. ...; Tags: derivatives, equity, FINANCE, Investment, SECURITY, software, Strategy, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., volatility; Research articles 2008-08-04
Wall Street hesitates, awaits clearer economic picture: NEW YORK AFP — With Wall Street investors hesitant, fresh data in the coming week could help provide a clearer picture of whether the US economy is in recovery mode or an extended downward spiral. Inconsistent reports in the past week contributed to volatility on the stock market, leaving...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, bond, FINANCE, financial, Investment, volatility; Research articles 2008-07-25
Commercial real estate not immune but well positioned to withstand economic slowdown and capital markets volatility: Financial markets and the commercial real estate sector are in the midst of a somewhat unique shift. Similar to past turning points, excesses during the run-up are causing a traditional investor pullback as risk is repriced. During the first quarter of 2008, however, a full-blown credit crunch emerged, with much...; Tags: asset, Companies, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, financial, financing, investor, job, liquidity, Retail, U.S., volatility; Research articles 2008-07-23

Commentary: Surviving Mr. Market Volatility's wild ride: What a wild ride it has been so far in 2008. We experienced one of the worst first quarters in the stock market in a generation -- not the best way to start the year! Since then, the markets have stabilized somewhat and we've moved well off...; Tags: 401(k), Benefits, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation, Investment, volatility; Research articles 2008-06-16
ONN.tv Reports: Is the S&P 500 Pointing to a Bull Market Run or a Bear Market Rally?: OptionsNews on ONN.tv for June 11, 2008 CHICAGO -- OptionsNews, the daily news program on www.onn.tv, today reported on the following companies: Total option volume remained basically unchanged from Monday. CBOE volatility index, also known as the VIX, was also basically unchanged. Analysts are closely watching the...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation, Investment, stock, trader, volatility; Research articles 2008-06-11
Soybean corrections offer opportunity: Volatility is the buzzword for sellers of options on any market. Price volatility can create opportunities on both sides of the market and the investor who knows the underlying fundamentals will have the advantage in capitalizing on such volatility. Soybeans have been on a wild ride as the spring planting...; Tags: corn, FINANCE, Investment, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture, volatility; Research articles 2008-06-01
Soybean corrections offer opportunity: Volatility is the buzzword for sellers of options on any market. Price volatility can create opportunities on both sides of the market and the investor who knows the underlying fundamentals will have the advantage in capitalizing on such volatility. Soybeans have been on a wild ride as the spring...; Tags: corn, FINANCE, Investment, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture, volatility; Research articles 2008-06-01
Rising euro getting out of line with fundamentals: EU's Almunia: WASHINGTON AFP — The euro has risen too high against the dollar to the point it is getting out of line with economic fundamentals, European Union Monetary Policy Commissioner Jaoquin Almunia said Saturday. "The euro's real effective exchange rate is approaching a level where it would clearly no longer...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, financial, foreign-exchange, volatility; Research articles 2008-04-12
'Unprecedented' volatility in financial markets: French bank chief: HONG KONG AFP — The world's financial markets remain "exceptionally volatile" due to the subprime credit crisis, the chief executive of France's largest bank said in Hong Kong on Tuesday. "Since I last presented to the market at the end of February, the environment remains very challenging and the...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, bank, financial, revenue, volatility; Research articles 2008-04-07
Speculators spark commodity futures trading, price volatility: Despite a slowing global economy, commodity prices have surged since the beginning of the year. Between January and early March, Minneapolis high-protein spring wheat soared from $10.65 to $24 per bushel, up 125 percent; Chicago soft red wheat jumped from $9.15 per bushel to $12.80, up 40 percent; soybean oil...; Tags: FINANCE, Investment, U.S. Department of Agriculture, volatility; Research articles 2008-03-31
Oxford report suggests SRI funds are not more costly.: Ethical funds do not bring investors any increased cost compared to more-traditional funds, but volatility and risk are increased, a report has suggested. . Oliver Good The research on the investment performance of ethical funds was conducted by independent investment consultants Jewson Associates for...; Tags: FINANCE, Investment, U.K., University of Oxford, volatility; Research articles 2008-03-24
ICE Canola Futures Post Gains On CBOT Soy Advances.: Byline: Dwayne Klassen, Resource News International WINNIPEG, MB, Mar 13, 2008 Resource News International via COMTEX -- Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform were trading at higher levels at 10:40 CDT. Strength in CBOT soybean complex values and renewed demand from...; Tags: Center for Democracy and Technology, FINANCE, Investment, volatility; Research articles 2008-03-13
Handing Over the Keys.: As institutional investors come to dominate options trading, a growing number are asking their brokers for electronic capabilities to do the trading themselves. That has some brokers scrambling to put direct-market-access tools and execution algorithms on buyside desktops. "As brokers roll out better tools,...; Tags: equity, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, liquidity, tool, trader, volatility; Research articles 2008-03-01
Investment Insider - Plans adapt to regulatory changes, but volatility could disrupt benign status quo: This is the first in a four-part series analyzing news and trends in the defined benefit retirment industry. Most analysts agree DB plans ended 2007 in surprisingly good shape, as year-end data presents a healthy picture including a slowdown in freezes and robust funding levels. "There...; Tags: consultant, FINANCE, Financial Accounting Standards Board, freeze, Government, Regulations, Strategy, volatility; Research articles 2008-03-01
Despite Economic Uncertainty and Market Volatility, Many IRA Owners Committed to Making Contributions for 2007 Tax Year: Fidelity Provides Insight into Retirement Investors' Behaviors and Attitudes by Age Group BOSTON -- Fidelity Investments([R]) and National Financial([R]) today released new research on Individual Retirement Account IRA ownership which shows that, despite 2007 being a year of financial and economic fluctuation, six out of 10 IRA owners (60...; Tags: advisor, Fidelity Investments, FINANCE, financial, Investment, tax, volatility; Research articles 2008-02-20
ENERGY 2008: HIGHER PRICES AND VOLATILITY: While the $100 print in crude oil futures at the beginning of the year was apparently the result of a glory seeking pit trader and not legitimate price discovery, there is no magic to that number and oil will most likely breeze past it in 2008. But it won't be...; Tags: barrel, International Energy Agency, OPEC, petroleum, stock, U.S., volatility; Research articles 2008-02-01
Welcome letter: WHERE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS MEET Dear Mark Carney, On February 1, you will begin your seven-year term as governor of the Bank of Canada. Your primary responsibility will be to maintain the integrity of the Canadian dollar as our national currency. More specifically, this means ensuring there is sufficient liquidity...; Tags: Bank of Canada, Canada, FINANCE, Governor, Investment, volatility; Research articles 2008-01-01
Rethink investing strategy in today's volatile market: Investors may be weary of the market's recent ups and downs. But with big market swings likely to continue, they would do well to learn to live with the volatility. The whipsawed markets of recent months have rattled shareholders and shattered a lengthy period of unusual market calm....; Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., stock, strategy, volatility; Research articles 2007-12-27