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Insider Trading

The world of insider trading was brought to light recently with the court case of John Hartman, an ex-Orion equities dealer. Hartman had been sentenced 4 and a half years jail and a non-parole period through to December 2013. The sentencing judge Justice Peter McClellan had said that, "Paying $350,000 to a … graduate in his early 20s carrying out a task of modest responsibility underlines the extent to which the values which underpin our society can be compromised".

The Psychology of a Rogue Trader

There have been quite a few rogue traders who have made the news over the past few years. There's a list of rogue traders below which includes well known names like Nick Leeson and Jerome Kerviel, along with the millions or billions of dollars which they’ve lost their companies as well as their penalties. A rogue trader is a professional traders executing unapproved or ill-advised financial transactions. But why do traders go rogue? What turns a trader to the dark side?

Alessio Rastani

Meet 34 year old Alessio Rastani. He made headlines overnight when he claimed on the BBC that "Governments don't rule the world, Goldman Sachs rules the world [and] Goldman Sachs does not care about the rescue package." Was this a stunt or a hoax? Was he simply voicing the truth?

Other notable quotes from the interview included:

Trading Psychology

Should you pay attention to news releases?

One of the requirements when becoming a trader is keeping yourself up to date. Financial news releases are reported everyday. Apart from reported profits, forecasts by so called gurus and interviews by CEO provide information about the company that you may be investing or trading on. It is known that whatever happens in the news are mere confirmation of what's already in the market, but what about new releases?

Forex Trading

8 Steps to Scalp the Forex Market


A talented forex scapler immediately exits their trading position if the market does not go their way.

A talented forex scapler immediately exits their trading position if the market does not go their way. The scalper would make quite a number of trades a day from 10 to a couple of hundred trades - not holding on to losing positions or praying and hoping that their losing position will turn around.

CFD Trading

Market Fundamentals: Cashflows


Cashflow in ASX CFD

Trading CFD in ASX is composed of different elements. Previously, price and margins were discussed, so the focus is now on cashflow. This article will take a look into different factors on how money is distributed., who gets paid and when.

Contract of Interest

Other Stockmarket News

Australian Dollar Soaring High

The Australian dollar is soaring high, with the AUD/USD cross rate reaching a high of 94.94 US cents just after midnight Sydney time, topping the two year record achieved on Friday of 94.69 US cents. In the past three years, the Australian dollar had averaged at 84.6 US cents. The Australian dollar hasn’t seen these price levels since it reached a 24 year record in 2008.

The US has lost jobs for the fifth month in a row at 5.5 percent as the jobless rate spiked (increasing by 0.5%) as a consequence of a class of students graduating schools and moving into the workforce. This is the largest spike in teenage unemployment since 1948. The spike was larger than every forecast from a Bloomberg News survey of economists. Allen Sinai, chief economist at Decision Economics in New York, has said that "Most of the economy looks in recession.'' Also Ten-year Treasury yields dropped to 3.92% in New York, from 4.04% on Thursday.

The subprime mortgage crisis has created a credit squeeze. The credit crisis has led to increased costs of debt and the lack of investor interest to refinance existing debts, which lead to the collapse of RAMS home loans and also the recent end for packaged mortgages (also called securitisation). Higher interest rates are expected as non-bank lenders cannot offer home loans as a result of the credit crisis. Since non-bank lenders are out of the picture, the lack of competition means higher interest rates.

Australian Share Trading News

Hastings Diversified Rejects APA's Offer


Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF) has released its target statement today rejecting the takeover offer that it has received from rival APA Group in mid-December. The company board is recommending its investors to reject the offer as it undervalues the company.

Nexus Energy Hands Crux Field Over to Shell


Nexus Energy (NXS) rejects the talks that it had given up control of its Crux liquefied natural gas (LNG) field after it handed 80 per cent of its ownership to petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell for no cash cost last Tuesday. Shell, who is now in control to develop and operate the project, intends to pipe gas from Crux to a Prelude floating liquified natural gas vessel in Western Australia's Browse Basin.

Woodside Beats Full Year Production Forecast


Woodside Petroleum (WPL) oil and gas full year production may have fallen 11 per cent compared to the previous corresponding period, but it has exceeded the company's full-year production guidance. The company's 64.6 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) for its full year production had beaten its previous forecast of 62-64 MMboe.

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