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We write a lot about pay for people in banks’ investment banking divisions (IBD), but we write a lot less about pay for people working in banks’ markets businesses. This is partly because pay is more predictable for IBD professionals. And it’s partly because there’s a lot more IBD pay data around...
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 16:30
There are not so many news events related to Neural Networks in the past week but anyway I found some of them: one analytical article and 3 business news...
Neural Networks
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Sergey Golubev, 15 October 2014, 15:11 #Neural networks, Trading
What technology should you bone up on if you want a job in an investment bank these days? When we asked this question 18 months ago, the answer was unquestionably Java, which had more than double the number of jobs than its nearest competing programming language...
Banks
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 12:18
I present you with my restructured project on options trading and scenario analysis. You are more than welcome to try it out. Firstly, I will give a small presentation that will reveal what you can do with it and whether you need to continue reading...
Trading Ideas
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TipMyPip, 15 October 2014, 11:37
From 13 till 16 of October 2014 Geneva is hosting UNCTAD World Investment Forum. A lot of key political leaders have already underlined many aspects which the global community should meet in order to provide sustainable development. "There is a strong business case for investing in sustainability...
Events
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Alice F, 15 October 2014, 11:01
France’s financial markets regulator AMF earlier today published a detailed report on the results of trading of French individual investors in the Forex and CFD markets, with the data showing that cumulative losses for a period of five years exceed EUR 161 million...
Currency
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Osiris, 15 October 2014, 10:38
Germany’s biggest public pension fund plans to invest more in private equity and hedge funds and reduce its bond holdings as low interest rates curb returns...
Company News
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 10:35
Euro on weak during Asian markets, weighed down by signs of economic slowdown, while the dollar index on the major currency counterparts rises to a maximum of one week. Around 7.20 the single currency slipped to $ 1.2644 from 1.2658, while the closure is almost stable against the yen at 135...
Weekly Trends
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Francesco Sgarbossa, 15 October 2014, 09:34
ZURICH — The Ebola virus is killing 70% of the people who contract the disease, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, and as many as 10,000 new cases a week could be reported by early December...
Events
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 09:32
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Researchers at Google Inc. GOOG, +0.89% GOOGL, +0.72% have discovered a vulnerability in widely used encryption technology, Reuters reported late Tuesday, citing a Google spokesman. The bug affects SSL 3.0 protocols, according to the report. Google Class A GOOGL, +0...
Market News
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 09:24
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks delivered a mostly upbeat trading performance Tuesday, as the sector prepared for an onslaught of earnings reports. Intel INTC, +2.13% , which kicked off the tech results, saw shares rise more than 2% to close at $32.14...
Market News
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 09:17
Just completed a test to determine my "investor profile"... take these tests with a 'grain of salt'. The answers can vary depending upon your mood at the time of the test, and this can influence the investor profile determined for you. Enjoy...
Statistics
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Matthew Todorovski, 15 October 2014, 08:07
The UK government has today successfully issued a sovereign bond in China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB), becoming the first western country to do so and issuing the largest ever non-Chinese RMB bond...
Market News
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Osiris, 15 October 2014, 07:38
USD/JPY Technical Strategy: Shorts Preferred Piercing Line Pattern Awaiting Confirmation Dojis On H4 Suggests Some Reluctance Near 107 USD/JPY has found some buying interest renewed at the 106.80 mark as a Piercing Line candlestick pattern takes shape...
Trading Ideas
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Sergey Golubev, 15 October 2014, 06:11
Deutsche Bank is losing some of its strongest financial performers amid a clampdown on bad behavior by traders, as the lender faces ongoing probes by global regulators into allegations of attempts to rig markets...
Market News
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Lonny Strike, 15 October 2014, 03:11
A bellwether Federal Reserve policymaker on Tuesday downplayed concerns about weakness in the global economy, saying the U.S. central bank should only delay an interest rate hike next year if inflation or wages fail to perk up...
Metals
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Osiris, 15 October 2014, 02:16 #QE
Volatility has returned to the market. To be specific, the market has rallied, sold off, rallied, and sold off, all in one week. This is ideal for day traders but unnerving for individual investors. It is also a big red warning sign...
Market News
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 00:31
In the latest hiring roundup, HSBC is recruiting heavily in the UK, JPMorgan is targeting a new region and Nomura pours money into its US investment bank, again. Nomura’s US hiring spree Nomura just hired 15 senior bankers within its investment bank in the Americas...
Banks
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Ronnie Mansolillo, 15 October 2014, 00:11
Analysis based on TA charts for all the major currency pairs. Good luck to all. No advice, just info. Visit FxTaTrader.com for more info and Disclaimer. Every week the Forex ranking & rating list will be provided in the weekend. There will be 2 updates during the week on Tuesday and Wednesday...
Weekly Trends
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Forex Technical Analyst Trader, 14 October 2014, 23:13
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups...
Trading Systems
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Sergey Golubev, 14 October 2014, 21:11 #Apple