So far, the agency has awarded over $507 million to 90 individuals for their help since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…
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GOLD The Fed’s decisions and the new inflation target opened space for a new rally for gold. After rebounding on the previous resistance level (and now support zone) at $1,920, bullion skyrocketed again to $1,990 as the greenback continues to weaken. Despite US indices continuing to rally, investors feel the need to increase the proportion of…
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Interest Rate Futures contracts The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 9,860 (-37.3% MoM / -82.2% YoY) and its average daily volume was 493. Items Aug 2020 Trading Volume Daily Average Change on Previous Month Year on Year Change Total of Interest Rate Futures contracts 9,860 493 -37.3% -82.2% Three-month Euroyen futures 9,860 493…
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Double digit gainers in FTSE 100 despite loss for week UK markets were closed for the bank holiday on Monday. The FTSE 100 fell marginally last week, while the FTSE 250 added 1.2%, although there were two FTSE 100 stocks that posted double digit gains for the week. Industrial software firm Aveva added 19.5% driven…
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In the current challenging times resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, investors are looking to hear from global experts on how long the crisis will last. They want to know how long will the demand for safe-haven assets such as gold continue, among many other questions. Iskandar Najjar, CEO of Equiti Group, said: Equiti is honoured…
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DeFi As 2017 came to a close and the crypto bubble approached breaking point, an Ethereum-based project called MakerDAO (MKR) launched DAI, a stablecoin token that was backed by collateralised ether and pegged to the value of the US dollar. For the first time, a synthetic, decentralised asset had been created that could algorithmically track…
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Some of the Micro E-mini equity futures highlights include: 186 million cumulative Micro E-mini S&P 500 future contracts added and 131 million cumulative Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts traded since launch. Each day, on average, 1.5 million contracts were traded in 2020 in both futures products together. 30% of the trading volume of both futures…
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Robert Sanchez, Head of Latam Marketsfor Edgewater Markets said: We are excited to be able to offer a solution exclusively for Latam market participant. The product has been designed in conjunction with our clients and local partners to fully address the unique requirements of each market, while providing the tools and distribution services needed to…
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Key data this week Bold indicates the most important releases for this symbol. Tuesday 1 September, 13.30 GMT: Canadian Markit manufacturing PMI (August) - consensus 53, previous 52.9 Tuesday 1 September, 13.45 GMT: American Markit manufacturing PMI (final, August) - consensus 53.6, previous 50.9 Tuesday 1 September, 14.00 GMT: ISM manufacturing PMI (August) - consensus…
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New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre issued a general security advisory warning of DoS attacks affecting entities in New Zealand. The NZX was forced to suspend trading last week because of the cyber attacks but today it is trading under an arrangement with the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority to keep trading even if its…
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