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| Subject: Derivative Strategy A derivative strategy is a technique that involves one or more derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards, or option contracts, in such a way as to hedge, control, or otherwise limit risk, or to switch, exchange, or transfer risk from one party to another, usually for a consideration. Phony financial reform By John Schroy, on July 17th, 2010 |  2 comments  Unfortunately, instead of a ‘game-changing’ confidence-inspiring reform, the Obama administration presented the United States with the Dodd-Frank Act — a legislative miscarriage that has the potential to hold back recovery and impair the position of New York as a world financial center for decades — unless repealed or drastically amended. July 17th, 2010 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, complexity, Corporate Governance, Derivative Strategy, dividends, Economic Recovery, efficient market hypothesis, eurosystem, executive stock options, Great Depression, Jeff Skilling, Nobel prize in economics, Pecora Commission, pension plans, rating agencies, risk, Stock Buybacks, sub-prime mortgages, US Congress | Category: Financial Market Regulator, featured | 2 comments |  Short urlFat-Finger Thursday: By John Schroy, on May 10th, 2010 | Leave a comment  On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones Stock Index, at about 2:30 PM, fell almost one thousand points, before recovering when traders discovered that there was no real news justifying the crash in prices. The day will forever be know as ‘Fat-Finger Thursday’, in remembrance of the first inclination to blame the crash on supposed mistaken data entry by some trader, somewhere. Later, the authorities came out and declared that there was no “fat finger”, but that the cause for the anomaly was unknown and under investigation. May 10th, 2010 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Capitalist Ideology, Derivative Strategy, Dow Jones, efficient market hypothesis, Graham & Dodd, index funds, insider trading, irrationality axiom, market manipulation, US SEC | Category: US SEC, featured | Leave a comment | Short urlDecline of the dollar By John Schroy, on June 20th, 2007 | 3 comments  Since 2003, the US dollar has fallen almost 50% against the Brazilian Real. What caused this to happen and what does it mean for the future of the dollar? The reason for the strong real is the excess of Brazilian exports over imports. Government policy resulting in extremely high internal interest rates attracts holders of these dollar reserves to invest in short-term Brazilian debt. However, not all is rosy in Brazil. June 20th, 2007 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Barack Obama, Brazil, Derivative Strategy, Inflation, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | Category: World Economy | 3 comments | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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