23 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The News Behind the Headlines: Five Things We Learned in 2016
The News Behind the Headlines: Five Things We Learned in 2016
Michelle NoyesAfter all the blaring headlines, breathless commentary and volatile markets, the real story about hedge funds in 2016 is now coming into view, writes AIMA COO Michelle Noyes in this contributed article.
23 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Icahn regulatory role gives activist investors strong Washington voice
Icahn regulatory role gives activist investors strong Washington voice
U.S. chief executives, already wrestling with a steady flow of activist investors in their board rooms, face a newly challenging landscape now that the loudest voice of the bunch will have the ear of the next president and his securities’ rule makers.
23 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The building blocks of technical trading
The building blocks of technical trading
When W. D. Gann set out to investigate the behavior of markets at the end of the 19th century, the New York Stock Exchange records contained no more than 15 years of data. It was not until 1883, when Charles Dow and a fellow reporter, Edward Jones, introduced the first Dow Jones Industrial Average records in the Customers’ Afternoon Letter that American traders were able to track daily stock movements for the first time.
23 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse To Pay $12B in Penalties To Settle Crisis-Era Debt Claims
Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse To Pay $12B in Penalties To Settle Crisis-Era Debt Claims
Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have been hit with a combined penalty of more than $12 billion over the sale of U.S. toxic debt, further hampering two of Europe’s leading investment banks as they struggle with weak earnings.
14 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The dot plot of Fed interest rate projections
The dot plot of Fed interest rate projections
A comparison of the last two results
The December dot plot from the Fed.
The Fed projects 3 raises in 2017 vs 2 in prior report.
As a comparison, below is the dot plot from the September meeting.
14 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on FOMC Central tendencies from the December 2016 meeting
FOMC Central tendencies from the December 2016 meeting
Central tendencies on GDP, Employment and inflation
14 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Is Uber Missing the Mark In This Key Area?
Is Uber Missing the Mark In This Key Area?
After deploying some of its “self-driving” Uber vehicles in Pittsburgh in September, the company is now deploying about five autonomous Volvo XC90 SUVs in San Francisco, Uber announced on Wednesday. Uber’s aggressiveness in testing autonomous technology highlights the company’s vision for a self-driving ride-hailing service.
Uber’s self-driving Volvo. Image source: Uber.