…daily fluctuation of USD/Yen since the Tōhoku earthquake on March 11. The coordinated depreciation of the yen against its major trading partners is ‘concerted’, and such an effort has not…

…Now of course, like traders, top manager have every reason not to be terribly worried about long term risks. The prototype of the profitable but risky trading strategies that Nicholas…

…been the strongest channel through which Fed policy has worked. The weak-dollar channel: the Fed prints money, thereby debasing the currency relative to global trading partners. The technicalities of a…

…some proprietary trading–up to 3% of their capital–and with the ability to retain most of their derivatives profits, even though the trading and derivatives represent considerable risk to taxpayers and…

…As Insurance for Us All, NY Times, Apr. 27, 2010; add a tough proprietary trading ban that wil return banks to the boring business of being bankers rather than day-traders;…

…banning speculative trading in credit default swaps and set up a compulsory register of derivatives trading.” Call For Ban ON CDS Speculation Once again Geithner has shown whose interests are…

…of its real-exchange rate (REER), where the REER is the nominal exchange rate adjusted for relative prices in China versus its trading partners – faced by the Chinese. As illustrated…

…in the Gilded Age. What happens to a market when insider trading is not only not illegal but valued as a best business practice? The old adage “What the market…

…as the gap between the official value of the yuan and its fundamental value has widened. This has exacerbated the damage to the U.S. economy and China’s other trading partners….

…this year. The bill aims to break the link between resource exploitation and armed conflict in eastern Congo by requiring companies trading minerals with Congo or neighboring states to disclose…