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April 22, 2015

There are a few new tidbits of information coming out about the arrest of Navinder Singh Sarao, but nothing worth a complete post. I have updated the posts Scapegoat for Flash Crash Isolated! and Flash …

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April 21, 2015

It is becoming increasingly fashionable to ascribe another mandate to central bankers: “Society has given our central bankers worldwide the responsibility for macro-prudential risk, all the risk in the system, not just the risk in …

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April 20, 2015

There are signs of a recovery in US inflation: The cost of living excluding food and fuel rose 0.2 percent in March for a third month, reflecting broad-based gains in rents, medical care, clothing and …

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April 17, 2015

Has deflation been cancelled? Core consumer prices rose 2.4 percent in March from a year earlier, the most since December 2008, and February retail sales climbed 1.7 percent, Statistics Canada said Friday from Ottawa. Price …

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April 16, 2015

Aston Hill is looking for a buyer: Executives at Aston Hill Financial Inc. have been shopping their firm to other asset managers, hoping to find a buyer. Over the past two months, senior employees at …

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April 15, 2015

Today’s big news was the Bank of Canada rate decision: The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly …

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April 14, 2015

SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar managed to deliver notice of his own incompetence and a slap in the face to Canadian regulators simultaneously: Now let’s talk about one particular type of complex security known as …

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April 13, 2015

There’s some interesting news about drones: Amazon.com Inc.’s proposed use of drones could drive down the cost to deliver small packages crosstown to about $1 — a fraction of existing same-day delivery options, according to …

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