Sentences with phrase «currencies and commodities in»

Goldman Sachs» leadership has faced numerous questions about the loss of market share in fixed income, currencies and commodities in recent years.

Bitcoin prices are up well over 500 percent during the course of 2017 and are outpacing nearly every currency and commodity in the world, performance-wise.

Not exact matches

The strong dollar was felt widely across commodity markets and the emerging economies that are now borrowing record amounts of debt in the U.S. currency — $ 3.7 trillion according to the latest figures this week from the Bank for International Settlements.

To resolve that issue, the court had to determine whether (1) virtual currency may be regulated by the CFTC as a commodity and (2) the CEA permits the CFTC to exercise jurisdiction over fraud in connection with commodities that do not directly involve futures or derivative contracts.

First, the court found that the term «commodity» encompasses virtual currency «both in economic function and in the language of the statute.»

These dates marked the start of official, legal, recognized options contracts on the major commodity exchanges in the U.S. To me, this is a major step forward in legitimizing digital currencies and moving them away from the «fraud» Jamie Dimon and others see in cryptocurrencies.

The security breach comes two months after Bitfinex was ordered to pay a $ 75,000 fine by the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission in part for offering illegal off - exchange financed commodity transactions in bitcoin and other digital cuCommodity and Futures Trading Commission in part for offering illegal off - exchange financed commodity transactions in bitcoin and other digital cucommodity transactions in bitcoin and other digital currencies.

the impact of investment (including changes in interest rates), economic (including inflation, recent changes in tax law, rapid changes in commodity prices and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates) and underwriting market conditions;

Todd Gordon is the Founder of TradingAnalysis.com which provides actionable market analysis and clear trading strategies in the currency, commodity, and equity markets for both amateur and professional traders.

After walking away, bruised but alive, from the kind of disaster that has brought companies down, in late 2009 Maple Leaf returned full attention to the dull but devastating problem of currency and commodities.

You see, although bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are commonly referred to as a form of digital currency, in the eyes of the IRS, cryptocurrencies are capital assets, like stocks or commodities, and are therefore subject to capital gains taxes.

Fixed income, currency, and commodities trading revenue came in at $ 1.96 billion for the quarter ($ 2.12 billion expected), while equities trading revenue was $ 948 million ($ 943.7 million expected).

He sees bitcoin and Ethereum as representing superior technology, and that this will drive their adoption, and in turn them into mainstream commodities and currencies.

Commodity - linked currencies came under pressure thanks to a drop in Chinese stocks, with the Australian and New Zealand dollars hitting their lowest levels in at least two weeks.

While Bitcoin is often criticized because it's not backed by a physical commodity, that's not an issue for Michael Lee, an economist in the New York Fed's Research and Statistics Group, who says that neither is the dollar and most modern currencies.

Malaysia's shares and currency have been hit with a toxic brew of declines in the prices of its commodity exports, especially palm oil and crude oil, as well as what may be the country's worst - ever political scandal, which has spurred protests calling for the removal of the prime minister from power.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

In July, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a bid by a firm called LedgerX to open a clearinghouse for crypto - currency puts, calls, swaps and all sorts of other exotic contracts.

These include currency - hedged ETFs, triple - levered ETFs based on commodities, unconstrained bond funds with short positions betting against U.S. Treasurys, private equity funds, emerging market debt instruments, historically less - liquid bank loan funds, and all manner of actively managed strategies packaged in supposedly easy to buy and sell wrappers.

The usual proxies for global growth — oil and other commodities, emerging market currencies, energy and mining stocks — are almost all sharply lower as investors bail out of any kind of trade predicated on growth in China and the rest of the emerging world, which accounts for 85 % of the world's population.

To leverage the cost advantage, Richter learned how to monitor constantly fluctuating prices and reroute calls on the fly to chase the bargains, like a financial trader moving money from one currency or commodity into others in sync with the complex ebb and flow of the market.

Prices for major commodity exports crude oil and palm oil have dropped sharply and its currency, the ringgit, is trading close to its lowest levels since the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s.

The decision could help investors in several lawsuits in Manhattan seeking to hold banks liable for billions of dollars in damages for alleged price - fixing in U.S. Treasuries, commodities, currencies, derivatives and other rates.

With Russo, he runs a business that generated $ 5.3 billion in revenues in the first nine months of the year, putting it on a par with the fixed income, currencies, and commodities unit.

It also placed first in fixed income, currencies, and commodities (FICC), and within that G10 rates, and securitization.

Together with Daffey, he runs a business that generated $ 5.3 billion in revenue in the first nine months of the year, putting it on a par with the fixed income, currencies, and commodities unit.

The real transformation is the idea of taking all barriers down... Whatever currency or commodity you want to transact in, you can, and you can do it for free.»

He joined the bank back in 1993 as an associate in the financial institutions group, moving in to fixed income, currencies, and commodities three years later.

Esposito, who is based in London, is chief strategy officer of the securities division and cohead of global fixed income, currencies, and commodities sales.

Lee Shau Kee fled China for Hong Kong before the Communist takeover in 1948, working in commodities like gold and currency exchange before founding Henderson Land Development in 1973.

Analysts in a StreetAccount survey had expected a nearly 3 percent increase to $ 4.34 billion in revenue from fixed income, currencies and commodities trading revenues.

A carry trade is typically based on borrowing in a low - interest rate currency and converting the borrowed amount into another currency, with proceeds placed on deposit in the second currency if it offers a higher rate of interest or deploying proceeds into assets — such as stocks, commodities, bonds, or real estate — that are denominated in the second currency.

Broad dollar strength and a rout in commodity prices have seen the ringgit tumble to levels not seen since the Asian Financial Crisis, making it the region's Asia's worst - performing currency with losses exceeding 9 percent year - to - date.

Commentary: «Revenues were up 8.3 % for the third quarter versus the prior - year period, due primarily to higher commodity prices impacting the Company's supply chain revenues, higher same store sales in both domestic and international stores, store count growth in international markets and the positive impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.»

Commentary: «Net revenues in Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Client Execution were $ 1.73 billion, 36 % lower than the third quarter of 2010.

The company's fixed income, commodities and currencies trading sales rose 12 percent during the quarter, which is a dramatic improvement from the 46 percent revenue decline in its fourth - quarter.

In doing so, Judge Weinstein effectively affirmed the CFTC's 2015 finding that bitcoin and other virtual currencies are «properly defined» as commodities, a pivotal interpretation that could set a standard for cryptocurrency prosecution at large.

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Sure there are funds that add in commodities, currencies and private equity, but the margin for error becomes that much smaller in a low return environment.

The HFRI Macro (Total) Index is managed by trading a broad range of strategies in which the investment process is predicated on movements in underlying economic variables and the impact these have on equity, fixed - income, hard currency, and commodity markets.

In granting the CFTC's preliminary injunction, Judge Weinstein agreed with the agency's 2015 finding that bitcoin and other virtual currencies are «properly defined» as commodities.

A 38 percent drop in fixed - income, currency and commodity trading revenue over the same five - year period made Goldman the worst performer of the five banks.

The era of cheap or zero - interest money that led to a wall of liquidity chasing high yields and assets — equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities — in emerging markets is drawing to a close.

Thus, many emerging markets» growth rates in the next decade may be lower than in the last — as may the outsize returns that investors realised from these economies» financial assets (currencies, equities, bonds, and commodities).

She is also the author of Higher Probability Commodity Trading; A Trader's First Book on Commodities (two editions); Currency Trading in the Forex and Futures Markets; and Commodity Options.

Our Global Market Strategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue investment opportunities across various types of credit, equities and alternative instruments, including bank loans, high yield debt, structured credit products, distressed debt, corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high - grade and high - yield credit instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their derivatives.

Carley Garner is the author of several futures and options trading books, including Commodity Options, A Trader's First Book on Commodities, Currency Trading in the FOREX and Futures markets, and now, Higher Probability Commodity Trading.

As evidenced by the image below, interest in momentum research has taken off since the original 1993 Jegadeesh and Titman paper: Source: «Two Centuries of Multi-Asset Momentum (Equities, Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Sectors and Stocks)»

Trading in bonds, currencies and commodities also boomed.

The FTC's blockchain working group parallels similar moves by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which previously established a distributed ledger technology (DLT) working group, and by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which created subcommittees on DLT and virtual currencies in February 2018.