8 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Speculators Have Never Been More Long The Dollar
Speculators Have Never Been More Long The Dollar
After a brief hiatus the previous week, speculators have piled back into the most-over-crowded trade in the world – Long The US Dollar. As Goldman Sachs notes, overall USD speculative net long positioning increased $2.0bn to $45.7bn – a new record high.
8 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Everyone Else Is Doing It: How to Get Out of Debt
Everyone Else Is Doing It: How to Get Out of Debt
People have a persistent tendency to follow the herd. Unfortunately, sometimes that tendency can affect our ability to deal with problems like debt. So, how can you use this instinct to help yourself instead?
8 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: With guests on the way, China aims for its manners to ‘be splendid’
The Wall Street Journal: With guests on the way, China aims for its manners to ‘be splendid’
Now, as President Barack Obama and other world leaders descend on Beijing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next week, authorities have launched a behavior-modification campaign: A contest to promote grown-up deportment onboard.
8 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Microsoft’s approach to green lighting new games
Microsoft’s approach to green lighting new games
Microsoft doesn’t talk much about how it picks new games, but sat down to CNBC.com to go through the process.
8 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: China, Canada to expand use of yuan in trade, investment
The Wall Street Journal: China, Canada to expand use of yuan in trade, investment
China and Canada agree to expand the use of the Chinese currency in trade and investment, with their central banks setting up a swap line worth the equivalent of $32 billion.
8 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dividend Alert! Is HollyFrontier 6% Dividend Set Up for Income or Disaster?
Dividend Alert! Is HollyFrontier 6% Dividend Set Up for Income or Disaster?
A closer look to see if special dividends fueled HollyFrontier Corp’s stock dividend to dangerous levels.
8 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Great Volatility Crush
The Great Volatility Crush
Authored by Jared Dillian of The 10th Man,
Ten years ago, when I worked on the equity index derivatives desk at Lehman, we used to sit around and dream things up. Like, we wondered out loud if you could actually create a volatility ETF.
It seemed like a brilliant idea. Who wouldn’t want to buy volatility? There were some studies going around that said holding volatility as an asset class alongside a diversified portfolio could improve the portfolio’s risk characteristics.