TOM MTF Statistics Week 33, 2016
Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 33, 2016. In week 33 a total of 330.759 equity and index option contracts were traded resulting in a TOM MTF market share versus...
View ArticleNigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For Week Ending 19 August 2016
A turnover of 1.375 billion shares worth N12.940 billion in 16,915 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.361 billion shares valued at N10.711...
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The Bonfire of Venture Capital: The Good, Bad and Ugly Side of Cash Burn!
In my last post on Uber, I noted that it was burning through cash and that this cash burn, by itself, is neither unexpected nor a bad sign. Since I got quite a few comments on what I said, I decided to...
View ArticleNew York State Department Of Financial Services Fines Mega Bank $180 Million...
Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that Mega International Commercial Bank of Taiwan will pay a $180 million penalty and install an independent monitor for violating New...
View ArticleCFTC Charges Deutsche Bank AG with Multiple Swap Reporting Violations,...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York today, charging Deutsche Bank AG, a global banking and...
View ArticleCFTC Charges Forex Capital Markets, LLC with Undercapitalization, Failing to...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Forex Capital Markets, LLC, charging FXCM...
View ArticleCFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update
The current reports for the week of August 16, 2016 are now available.read more...
View ArticleSmall Business For Dummies - Australia & New Zealand, 5th Australian...
Thinking about starting a new business? Searching for new ways to run your small business better? Whether you're starting your own business from scratch or looking to grow an existing venture, this...
View ArticleGetting Started in Shares For Dummies Australia, 3rd Australian Edition
If you've always wanted to invest in shares, but you've never known where to start, look no further! This new edition of Getting Started in Shares For Dummies reveals in plain English the investing...
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Bumped Against My Upper Cash Limit
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US market portrait 2016 week 34
US large cap market returns. Note: Yahoo seemed to have data problems last weekend.read more...
View ArticleSaudi Arabias's Capital Market Authority Announcement Regarding Obligating...
Reference to the transition plan to adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards (the "IFRS"), which were endorsed by the Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants ("SOCPA") , who...
View ArticleThe Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Weekly Stock Market...
The total value of shares traded for the week ending 18 August 2016 amounted to SAR 15.05 billion, decreasing by 0.70% over the previous week; while total stock market capitalization reached SAR...
View ArticleUS Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, At The "Program On The...
The Fed's dual mandate aims for maximum sustainable employment and an inflation rate of 2 percent, as measured by the price index for personal consumption expenditures (PCE). Employment has increased...
View ArticleFamily Descent as a Signal of Managerial Quality: Evidence from Mutual Funds...
We study the relation between mutual fund managers' family backgrounds and their professional performance. Using hand-collected data from individual Census records on the wealth and income of managers'...
View ArticleAssessing Point Forecast Accuracy by Stochastic Error Distance -- by Francis...
We propose point forecast accuracy measures based directly on distance of the forecast-error c.d.f. from the unit step function at 0 ("stochastic error distance," or SED). We provide a precise...
View ArticleDo Hospital-Owned Skilled Nursing Facilities Provide Better Post-Acute Care...
As hospitals are increasingly held accountable for patients' post-discharge outcomes under new payment models, hospitals may choose to acquire skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to better manage these...
View ArticleThe Opportunity Costs of Entrepreneurs in International Trade -- by Timothy...
We show that a trade model with an exogenous set of heterogeneous firms with fixed operating costs has the same aggregate outcomes as a span-of-control model. Fixed costs in the heterogeneous-firm...
View ArticleLife-Cycle Consumption Patterns at Older Ages in the US and the UK: Can...
In this paper we document significantly steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US, in spite of income paths being similar. We explore several possible causes, including...
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