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• It really is all about the dollar

  03-09-2016 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When it comes to currency trading, it really is all about the dollar.
  The BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey, which has been published every three years since 1986, was published Thursday. The headline finding is that trading in foreign-exchange markets averaged $5.1 trillion a day in April of this year, down from $5.4 trillion three years ago.
  Spot trading fell to $1.7 trillion from $2 trillion, the first time it has fallen since 2001.
  The survey also included the chart below, looking at the mos
  
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• America's stock market is slowing down

  03-09-2016 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There's a new trend in trading: going slow.
  The Chicago Stock Exchange this week outlined plans to adopt what it calls a Liquidity Taking Access Delay, a 350-microsecond delay for those who trade against resting orders on the exchange.
  The Chicago Stock Exchange said in the filing that the LTAD was designed to neutralize high-speed traders engaged in latency arbitrage. In plain English, it is trying to stop buyers from taking advantage of out-of-date prices.
  The simple way to explain this is to
  
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• COOPERMAN: 'Netflix is an acquisition candidate for somebody' (NFLX, FDC, C)

  03-09-2016 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leon Cooperman is done with Netflix for now.
  The hedge fund legend told CNBC on Wednesday that the video-streaming company is no longer in his portfolio for "no particular reasons."
  "I think ultimately Netflix is going to work, but I think somebody buys the company at a nice premium," Cooperman, who founded Omega Advisors, said.
  "Netflix is an acquisition candidate for somebody," he said.
  Netflix's most recent quarterly results showed that the company is struggling to grow do
  
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• Everyone has started using the same word to describe the markets

  03-09-2016 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's slow going in the market right now. From stocks to bonds to currencies, nothing much is happening.
  And there is a growing sense that it might just be too slow, too quiet.
  We've now seen a bunch of commentary using the same word to describe the current market mood: complacency.
  Here is Rick Frisbie, head of Franklin Templeton Solutions (emphasis added):
  "We are definitely positioning to become a little more defensive. We have a saying that 'when the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) is low i
  
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• 32 years ago, Warren Buffett revealed the secret to investing and correctly predicted nobody would listen

  03-09-2016 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  32 years ago, Warren Buffett revealed the secret to investing and correctly predicted nobody would listenJoin the conversation about this story »NOW WATCH: Paul Krugman weighs in on the Apple tax debate
  
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• This stat shows how well Netflix is doing internationally

  03-09-2016 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wall Street is split on Netflix: some are unloading shares while others are calling it a "number-one buy."
  Much of the controversy revolves around subscriber growth, both in the US and internationally. Netflix missed badly on Wall Street expectations for Q2, but boosters argue that this is a hiccup, and that Netflix's potential is still intact.
  However, on the international front, there have been whispers that Netflix isn't doing well in markets where a high percentage of the populatio
  
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• Beyond The Book: Account Director/Business Director

  03-09-2016 02:00
  
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