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View from the Floor
May 14 2012 | 3:53 PM | Posted by: Ali O'Rourke

For JP Morgan, the quest for the perfect hedge cost the firm $2 billion. If hedging is meant to offset risk, then how could that happen?

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ETP Landscape
May 7 2012 | 9:48 AM | Posted by: Charles (Tony) Baker

If the manager of an active ETF can change the composition of the portfolio at any time during the day, how will market makers be able to keep track of the changes and maintain effective trading? We've got the answer.

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Ahead of the Bell
May 21 2012 | 8:07 AM

Ahead of the Bell: Dow futures are trading up 73 points and S&P futures are trading up 8 points.  Stocks are looking for a rebound today after closing out the worst week of the year on hopes China might implement further policy easing, but investors are reminded that Greece could be on its way out of the European Union.  G-8 leaders meeting over the weekend, gave a verbal vote of confidence that they would like to see Greece remains in the EU.  However, there are no signs Germany has soften its stand on stricter austerity measures as a remedy for the debt crisis in Europe.       



  • On the economic calendar today, no reports are due.  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President, Dennis Lockhart will be speaking at the Institute of Regulation and Risk North Asia in Tokyo. The dollar is down against the major currencies.  Gold is trading at $1,591. Crude oil is...
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Posted by: Parasnand Madho
Director, Market Watch & Corporate Actions
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Amsterdam Gong
May 21 2012 | 4:00 AM

The Prince Berhard Cultural Foundation sounds the gong at the Amsterdam exchange to mark the start of the Carnation Campaign, its annual collection week.

During the week thousands of volunteers will be collecting money around the country. The proceeds of the Carnation Campaign help the Cultural Foundation to support over 3,500 projects every year. Projects include providing funds for the purchase of costumes and sets for local theatre companies and performing arts, the restoration of historical ships and listed churches, expositions in museums and educational projects focusing on nature preservation. Mr Dick Ernst Claassen, Amsterdam’s best fund raiser, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.anjeractie.nl

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Posted by: NYSE Euronext Amsterdam
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End of Day Report
May 18 2012 | 5:48 PM

Markets trended lower for much of the day as Facebook’s IPO dominated the news coverage.  There was still a hangover from Moody’s downgrade of 16 Spanish banks.


G8 leaders are expected to meet this weekend at a NATO summit.


China auto sales were disappointing which didn’t encourage the overall sentiment.


Crude oil closed below $92 a barrel for the first time since last October.


Market Indices/Statistics:



  • Dow closed down 73.11 pts/-0.59% to 12,369.38

  • S&P closed down 9.64 pts/-0.74 to 1,295.22

  • Nasdaq closed down 34.90 pts/-1.24% to 2,778.79

  • 10 of the 30 Dow stocks closed higher

  • 1 of the 10 S&P 500 sectors closed up

  • Telecom was the only positive sector (+0.68%); IT was the biggest...
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Posted by: Courtney Raio
Managing Director
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The Bell
May 18 2012 | 3:15 PM


On Friday, May 18 executives of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), one of the leading providers of IT services globally, will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  In honor of the occasion, Chairman Azim Premji rings The Closing BellSM.


About Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT)
Wipro provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, Information Systems outsourcing, IT enabled services, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services Company globally.
 
Wipro also has a strong presence in niche market segments of Infrastructure Engineering, and Consumer Products & Lighting.
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Posted by: New York Stock Exchange
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Amsterdam Gong
May 18 2012 | 12:00 PM

The VEB’s competition focuses on investment as a game.

Each participant chooses three securities, and at the end of a three-week period, the participant with the highest investment return is pronounced the winner. Johannes Venema, the winner of this month’s VEB exchange competition sounds the closing gong at NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.

For more information: www.veb.net

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Posted by: NYSE Euronext Amsterdam
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