Financial Speculation

When You Speculate With Financial Derivatives, You Hurt Society

Slate | Eric Posner and Glen Weyl | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Derivatives, Speculation, Slate, Financial Derivatives, Derivatives Reform, Derivatives Regulation, Financial Speculation, Credit Default Swaps, Cftc, Financial Regulation, Business News

On Monday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order prohibiting the marketing of a new set of derivatives that would have enabled...

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MF Global Under Investigation

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Video, MF Global Holdings, European Debt, Securities, CME Group Inc, Financial Speculation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street Journal, Business News

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a probe into whether MF Global Holdings made misleading statements about the $6.3 billio...

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Taxing Financial Speculation, Raising Funds for Critical Needs

Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Speculation, Financial Speculation Tax, Business News
Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H.

Levying a tiny tax on financial transactions could help build a healthier and more stable future.

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Egypt: Don't Be Fooled -- The Economic Crisis Is Behind the Protests

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Davos. Inequality, Financial Speculation, Commodities, Nouriel Roubini, Egypt, Price of Food, World News
Danny Schechter

Egyptian people are out in the streets not just to meet but by their need to eat. Replacing a modern day Pharaoh may not be enough. He is not their only enemy.

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Regulators Launch Crackdown On Commodity Speculation -- One Year After Deadline

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commodities, Commodity Prices, Financial Reform, Financial Speculation, Gold, Speculators, Cftc, Financial Regulation, Commodity Speculation, Futures, Business News

WASHINGTON: The U.S. futures regulator hopes to fully implement its biggest crackdown on commodity market speculators by early 2012, a year after the ...

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Germans Want to Spy on Hedge Funds

BusinessWeek | Andrew MacAskill and Tony Czuczka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: German Finance Minister, Wall Street Speculators, Financial Speculation, Hedge Funds, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Greek Debt Crisis, Hedge-Fund-Regulations, Business News

Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Bundestag on March 16 that the country may have to consider ordering "intelligence agencies to ...

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Weekly Audit: More Jobs Please

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Affordability Modification Program, Foreclosures, Obama Jobs Bill, The American Prospect, President Obama, Republican Obstructionism, Financial Transactions Tax, Christopher Hayes, Institute for Policy Studies, Obama, Budget Deficit, The Nation, Linktv, Alternet, Steve Benen, Foreclosure Crisis, Mother Jones, Hamp, Andy Kroll, Recovery Act, Stimulus Package, Dean Baker, Afro-Netizen, The Washington Monthly, Economic Stimulus Package, Jobs Bill, Financial Speculation, Obstructionist Republicans, Sarah Anderson, Economic Policy Institute, Mortgage Crisis, Chris Rabb, Colorlines, Housing Crash, Michelle Chen, Center for Economic Policy and Research, Working in These Times, Economic Stimulus, Josh Bivens, Economy, Home News
The Media Consortium

>By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger One year after President Barack Obama secured passage of his critical economic stimulus package, the U.S. Se...

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Wall Street Under Oath: What Have We Learned?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, John McCain, Wall Street, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Aig, Wall Street Under Oath, Speculation, Ferdinand Pecora, Financial Speculation, United States Senate, Banking and Currency Committee, Great Depression, Pecora Commission, Business News
Jeff Biggers

Bailout or otherwise, we don't need no stinkin' commission to understand the roots of the current Wall Street crisis.

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