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[$] Questions grow over oil spike brokerage

Financial Times 5 hrs ago

PVM Oil Associates manager wrote bullish note on rising prices before rogue trade discovered

[$] Victim PVM Says Trades Cost Broker $10 Million

Wall Street Journal Jul 3

Oil brokerage PVM names rogue trader behind oil spike

Reuters Jul 3

[$] PVM Names Broker in Unauthorized Trades

Wall Street Journal Jul 3

Stanford clients sue insurance broker Willis Group

Reuters 6 hrs ago

Several Mexican clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd , contending it was a willing participant in a $7 billion fraud at the Texas-based investment company.

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[$] Investors await clearer guidance

Financial Times Jul 3

European bourses ended in the red for the third consecutive week, as investors sat on their hands and waited for second-quarter results to guide the market

Beijing central property prices up 6.5% in a week

MarketWatch Jul 3

Beijing’s property prices are climbing at an unsustainable rate, with residential property in the city center leaping 6.5% in the past week alone, according to a state-media report.

[$] LPL Lures the Frustrated Off Wall Street

Wall Street Journal Jul 3

Wall Street's reputation couldn't be much worse, and that's very good for business at brokerages eager to snag defectors from bigger firms.

Manhattan Apartment Prices Drop as Lehman Hits Home

Bloomberg Jul 2

(Update1) Manhattan apartment prices dropped for the first time since 2002 in the second quarter as the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. caught up to property owners in the nation’s most expensive urban market.

Merrill Lynch ups U.S. GDP forecast

MarketWatch Jul 2

Merrill Lynch upgraded its forecast for U.S. GDP growth for the second half of 2009 on Thursday. The broker now expects growth to average 2.7% quarter-on-quarter annualized, compared to a previous forecast of 1.4%. "Headline GDP stands to print...

[$] 'Rogue broker' blamed for oil spike

Financial Times Jul 2

Traders said the broker implicated had allegedly accounted for at least half of the unusual market activity, with the rest the result of others chasing the rapid rises

Unauthorized Trades Cost London Oil Broker Millions

New York Times Jul 2

Rogue crude trader costs PVM $10m

Upstream Online Jul 2

Intesa Sanpaolo upgraded to neutral at Goldman

MarketWatch Jul 2

Goldman Sachs upgraded Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo to neutral from sell, citing valuation. The broker said after recent significant under-performance in the shares the bank is now trading in line with its major European peers. "Our fundamental...

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A broker is an individual or firm that charges a fee or commission for executing buy and sell orders submitted by a customer.

Up until the 90's, most buy and sell orders were executed by calling a broker on the phone who would then execute your order anywhere between $70 and $200 a trade. With the advent of the Internet, a whole new discount broker industry formed which now allows investors to trade at a much lower cost.

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Companies in the Investment Brokerage - National Industry (13)

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Charles Schwab

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E*TRADE Financial

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FCStone Group

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JMP Group

K
KBW Inc.

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MF Global Ltd.

MarketAxess Holdings

Category: Financial Services

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