SEC: Stock Trader Charged In Insider Trading Ring
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former day trader with making more than $1 million in illegal insider trading profits as part of a ring that allegedly stole confidential...
View ArticleStatement From Enforcement Division Co-Directors On Jury Verdict In Financial...
"We are pleased by the jury's verdict holding Revolutions Medical Corp. and its CEO Rondald L. Wheet liable for violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. This verdict affirms...
View ArticleStatement On Cryptocurrencies And Initial Coin Offerings, SEC Chairman Jay...
The world’s social media platforms and financial markets are abuzz about cryptocurrencies and “initial coin offerings” (ICOs). There are tales of fortunes made and dreamed to be made. We are hearing...
View ArticleUnderstanding Futures: A Primer for Bitcoiners
You may be able to trade the bitcoin cash market anonymously, but you cannot do the same with futures.
View ArticleBitcoin Price Back Above $17k to Set New All-Time High
The price of bitcoin has pushed back above $17,000, hitting a new all-time high on CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI)
View ArticlePlexCoin Founder Gets Jail Time, Fine on Contempt Charge
U.S. and Canadian authorities appear determined to make an example of an ICO believed to have raised $15 million.
View ArticleRevisiting the determinacy on New Keynesian Models. (arXiv:1712.03681v1...
The goal of this paper is to shed light on the determinacy question that arises in New Keynesian models as result of a combination of several monetary policy rules; in these models, we provide...
View ArticleEnhancing Binomial and Trinomial Equity Option Pricing Models....
We extend the classical Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial model in two ways. We first develop a binomial model with time-dependent parameters that equate all moments of the pricing tree increments with the...
View ArticleStocks to Short for Your Grandkids
As I mentioned in an earlier post, working in a pension fund makes me think toward the long term. In that post I spoke about broader long-term risks; here I will give my view about long-term risks at...
View Article'According to Plan': CBOE Bullish on First Day of Bitcoin Futures Trading
The first day of trading for CBOE's bitcoin futures contracts is over and the day largely went according to plan, according to its CEO.
View ArticleCboe Bitcoin Futures (XBT) Close First Day Of Trading - Post Volume Of More...
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, today announced Cboe bitcoin futures (XBT) traded a reported 4,127 contracts in their first...
View ArticleCFTC Issues Proposed Exemptive Order to Permit ICE Clear Credit, ICE Clear...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved for publication in the Federal Register a proposed exemptive order that would permit derivatives clearing organizations ICE Clear Credit...
View Article2017: The 'Butt' of Bitcoin's Joke
Sanity? You weren't going to find it in the crypto world in 2017 according to author David Gerard. Insanity, though, there's plenty to go around...
View ArticleCFTCâs Technology Advisory Committee To Meet On January 23, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting on January 23, 2018 at CFTC’s Washington, DC, headquarters.read more...
View ArticleStatement on Appointment Of New PCAOB Board Members, SEC Chairman Jay...
As was announced earlier today, the Commission has appointed a full slate of five new members, including a new Chairman, to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”). I am gratified that...
View ArticleNYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report
NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of November 30, 2017.read more...
View ArticleFair valuation of L\'evy-type drawdown-drawup contracts with general insured...
In this paper, we analyse some equity-linked contracts that are related to drawdown and drawup events based on assets governed by a geometric spectrally negative L\'evy process. Drawdown and drawup...
View ArticleThe Calculus of Democratization and Development. (arXiv:1712.04117v1 [econ.EM])
In accordance with "Democracy's Effect on Development: More Questions than Answers", we seek to carry out a study in following the description in the 'Questions for Further Study.' To that end, we...
View ArticleThe Ask: For Business, For Philanthropy, For Everyday Living
The Ask is your personal manual for building the best, most fulfilling personal and professional life possible. Crafting the perfect ask can fund your new business, support your favorite charity, and...
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