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Shared Vision: The University of Chicago and CME Group
A discussion with Nobel laureate Gary Becker and CME Group Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed on an important relationship that has contributed to the evolution and advancement of global financial markets.
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OpenSource: How Social Media is Transforming the Financial Community
An interview with StockTwits Founder Howard Lindzon on his company, the markets and the future of social media.
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The Renminbi on Forex Markets: Q&A with Author Hai Xin
China's currency, the renminbi, will inevitably face various hurdles as it seeks to establish marketplace credibility and gain a place among the world’s heavyweight currencies. Author and renminbi expert Hai Xin looks at what lies ahead.
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Market Update: Equity Shortage
Equity markets continue to experience highs and that creates some difficulties for analysts looking to chart resistance. Jack reminds…
How Rail is Reshaping America’s Energy System
Railroads, that 19th-century technology, are having a 21st-century impact on the U.S. crude oil industry. The swift growth in…
Currency market outlook with CME Group’s Executive Director Sandra Ro
There has been plenty to keep currency markets occupied this year from the threat of war on the Korean peninsula…
Monday Outlook: Quantitative Easing, Natural Gas and Brazil
See below for economic week ahead, as well as some stories and tweets you may have missed. The Economic…
Condoleezza Rice: Trade Policy One Solution to Growth
This week’s release of continued negative growth in much of the Eurozone means further uncertainty for the economies there….
How Snow Helps Both Winter and Spring Wheat
Though low moisture persists throughout most of the wheat growing areas in the Plains, some of the late winter…
Has U.S. Soil Recovered from the Drought?
After one of the worst droughts in the past 50 years hammered the U.S. Midwest crop regions last year,…
The Latest Salvos in the Currency Wars
Recent action by central banks around the world has led to some increased volatility in major foreign exchange markets. This…
Monday Outlook: Retail Growth, Gas Prices and More
This week, we are seeing signs of economic growth as U.S. retail sales grew 3.7 percent in the past 12…
The Futures of Capitalism
As we kick off the week, we want to share a story about “the biggest financial exchange you have never heard of”:…
GK Research on Europe’s ‘Thatcherite Keynesianism’
May 2’s European Central Bank meeting, along with recent shifts in fiscal policies, moved Europe one step further down the road…
What Will Influence Final U.S. Planted Acreage?
U.S. farmers expect to plant the greatest corn acreage since the 1930s, but prices and weather can have just as…