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IS IT WORTH THE RISK? A Book Review

nicnewman wrote 2 months ago: Energy Markets: Price Risk Management and Trading by Tom James. Wiley Finance 2008 If French rogue t … more →

Tags: Banbury, Bicester, Birmingham, Book Review, Books, Business, CHILTERN RAILWAYS, Current Affairs, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies

World Economy Crisis - Ethics and the World Of Finance

sathyasaibaba wrote 3 months ago: World Economy Crisis – Ethics and the World Of Finance ‘Bankers more accountable to soci … more →

Tags: sathya sai baba, Sai Baba, Duvvuri Subbarao, bernard madoff, Dennis Levine, Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, corporate fraud, Viswanath Pandit, Y Venugopal Reddy

New fallen angels

Antonio wrote 3 months ago: “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterwards—when the sons of God went in … more →

Tags: English, financial crisis, fallen angel, Crisis, bernard madoff, Bible

The Victorian Remixes: The Demise of Barings Bank- A Lesson in Risk Management, Internal Controls, and Regulations

kenshinobu wrote 3 months ago: (Preface: The Victorian Remixes are a series of articles showcasing my previous papers, journals and … more →

Tags: Economics, the victorian remixes, Socialism, Keynes, regulation, Barings Bank, George W. Bush, SEC, rogue traders

Grumpy Old Man - Call Centres3 comments

jerrychicken wrote 4 months ago: I have recently had cause to shop around for a car loan, not for much, just £3000, I wish I hadn … more →

Tags: Biography, Alliance and Leicester, Santander, Nationwide, Loan Companies, Call Centres, credit, Loans, bad credit risk loans

A new (and some old) rogue traders

Jean VIRY-BABEL wrote 5 months ago: PVM Oil Futures Limited said on Friday Steve Perkins, a senior broker based at the firm’s Lond … more →

Tags: Opinion, Barings, Morgan Stanley, Amaranth Advisors, PVM Oil Futures, David Connor Redmond, jerome kerviel, Daniel Bouton, Mitsui

Money Is Not Enough

Paulo Ferreira wrote 9 months ago: Entangled To put it in simple words… there is not enough money in the world to cover the extent of l … more →

Tags: Money, Banks, Creationism, evolutionism, Debt, Black Scholes, Toxic, Derivative, Natwest

RIP sterling?

Miserable Swine wrote 10 months ago: Things are not looking too good for the pound. Any of you planning to go on holiday to the USA or Eu … more →

Tags: general whine, Green Shoots, Margaret Beckett, Baroness Vadera, Iceland, Ireland

The Official Derivatives Doomsday Blog

derivativesdoomday wrote 11 months ago: Reporting on the countdown to the derivative-induced global financial Armageddon. Here’s a bas … more →

Tags: federal reserve, Credit default swaps, Alt-A, mortgage crisis, derivatives time bomb, CDS, Interest Rate Swaps, Gold, Inflation

Banking: 'Reforms must consider a litany of failings'...

markdowe wrote 1 year ago: FINANCIAL HISTORY RESPONDING to Chris Hamnett whose article entitled, “The Leeson lesson … more →

Tags: World Affairs, Economic, Financial Markets, IMF, World Bank, Banking regulation, sub-prime lending, derivative trading, Bretton Woods

08-08-08

Fraser Penpraze wrote 1 year ago: …or —> Oh wait ! Oh wait ! Oh wait ! So, as they tell us on the HSBC ad’s, … more →

Tags: Diary (Eh ?), reallusion, iClone 3, YouTube, advertising, tagging, 8, , 08-08-08

Examination of financial deritatives - scams included.1 comment

lwtc247 wrote 1 year ago: It seems likely that the derivatives ‘market’ are a most powerful of the powerful scams … more →

Tags: Life, Money, Finance, Economics, Politics, poverty, The Mind, Liberty, God

Is it “peak oil” or a speculative bubble? Neither, really

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 year ago: The article (2008-05-29) entitled “Is it “peak oil” or a speculative bubble? Neither, really … more →

Tags: Economics, Energy, Public Policy, Risk Society, Timelines, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Barings Bank, complex financial instruments, deregulation

Episode Eleven - Rogue Trader Brings A Smile To A Distressed Market

beenaroundtheblock wrote 1 year ago: Jerome Kerviel (31), a  French junior market trader from the  No 2 bank in France, Societe Generale … more →

Tags: The Unfolding Debt Crisis, Societe Generale, jerome kerveil, Tom Cruise, Eurex

1/25/08...bottoming?

traderbill wrote 1 year ago: TB’s Quote of the Day: “It was the best of times and the worst of times.” Charles … more →

Tags: Financial, Markets, Economy, northern rock, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, ECB, Societe Generale, Barings

Tune in to Wednesday's audio commentary

matkinson wrote 2 years ago:      Today on InvestoolsFX Audio: More answers to where is the money going, Big Ben’s U.K. sur … more →

Tags: Audio commentary, Pound, GBP, Forex, UK, John Henry, T. Boone Pickens


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