Unfortunately I am experiencing problems with my blog today. Can’t upload anything and the pages are broken. New posts will go up when things get fixed.
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The Farm Bill was finally passed by the US Senate today and it stands to overhaul the entire FX industry.
As far as I understand, in the past, the National Futures Association governed the Retail Forex industry, but now under the Farm Bill, that jurisdiction moves to the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) which [...]

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Here’s a secret, I am a BIG FAN of the Public Radio show This American Life.
This past week Ira Glass shares stories about how the sub-prime crisis has affected Americans and he provides an easy to understand rundown of how the sub-prime crisis unfolded.
Definitely worth a listen and hopefully you will become a fan as [...]

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I am a big believer that the next big shock to the global economy is not the weakness of the US economy, but skyrocketing food prices.
My good friend Shirley is a relief worker for Trocaire out of Mozambique, Africa and through her, poverty and hunger is an issue particularly dear to my heart.
When [...]

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I’m a Feature Guest on Fox Business’ Opening Bell this week. As a result my postings will be reduced to one a day. There will also be no In the Financial Papers (sorry!) since I have to leave for their studios at 7:30am and I’m not back in the office until 10:30am. [...]

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