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Technology and the Trading Pits: Explore the Rapidly Changing Trading Environment in a Free Webinar Hosted by TradeTheNews.com

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Technology and the Trading Pits: Explore the Rapidly Changing Trading Environment in a Free Webinar Hosted by TradeTheNews.com











Dave Bahoric, S&P500 Broadcaster, TradeTheNews.com


New York City (PRWEB) January 6, 2010

TradeTheNews.com, the leading provider of breaking Futures, FOREX and Equity news analysis, is proud to present the first installment in its Free Professional Roundtable Webinar Series of 2010. Join Dave (Bo) Bahoric, TradeTheNews.com S&P500 Analyst and Broadcaster, as he explores the relationship between new technology, trading methods and the trading pits. This webinar will also touch on new perspectives and insight for the future in the midst of the rapidly changing trading environment.

Dave Bahoric spent years as a floor trader before becoming a market commentator for TradeTheNews.com. He has become a fixture at the CME and often appears on an array of television and news broadcasts, including CNBC and FOX News. Mr. Bahoric’s unique style of broadcasting has garnered much praise from his peers and listeners. Indianagrain.com stated, “Dave Bahoric at TradetheNews.com illustrated with his usual poise and humor just how important a top-notch squawk service can be to traders navigating today’s markets… we certainly hope he remains behind the microphone for a long time to come.”

Webinar Details:

Technology and The Trading Pits

by David Bahoric, S&P 500 Analyst, TradeTheNews.com

Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Time: 4:30pm EST

Venue: Free Online Webinar

SIGN UP: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/111798128

About Dave Bahoric:

For almost a decade, Dave “Bo” Bahoric, analyst at TradeTheNews.com, has broadcasted live from the S&P pit. Prior to this remarkable decade of unique market commentary, Mr. Bahoric spent seven years as an independent broker. Before trading, he worked for Marathon Oil in various marketing and real estate positions, developing an extensive knowledge about every facet of the crude oil business, from “well head to gas pump.” Originally from Johnstown, PA, Bahoric attended Northwestern University on a football scholarship, graduating with a B.A. in Communications and Political Science. Areas of expertise include: Financial Markets, stocks, futures, oil industry & geopolitics, pit & trading floors and a Good Debate!

About TradeTheNews.com:

Established in 1999, TradeTheNews.com is the financial professional’s source for instant Futures, Stock and FOREX news analysis. For added color, the popular news channels are paired with an S&P500 Open-Out-Cry Hosted by David Bahoric and company daily from 9:20am – to 4:20pm EST. This squawk channel guarantees listeners will feel the “texture” of the market and trends as they develop. When traders tune in, they hear the pit’s actual acoustics and are able to react quickly and confidently to daily events. For a free trial for TradeTheNews.com’s S&P500 Open-Out-Cry Squawk please sign up here

For more information regarding this webinar or to request a media appearance, please contact:

Jessica Kurjakovic

001.212-884-8080

jessica (at) tradethenews.com

http://www.tradethenews.com

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New Book Delivers an Insider?s Analysis of Wall Street Language

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

New Book Delivers an Insider’s Analysis of Wall Street Language











Dog Ear Publishing releases “Words on the Street: Language and the American Dream on Wall Street”, by Leo Haviland.


New York, NY (PRWEB) January 17, 2012

“Words on the Street”, written by Leo Haviland, is an experienced insider’s analysis of Wall Street language. It gives people a new way of looking at Wall Street and its marketplaces.

This informative and entertaining exploration of marketplace rhetoric focuses on metaphors derived from the fascinating arenas of games, love, war, politics, religion, the fine arts, and natural physical science. This expose reviews that wordplay in the context of the American Dream.

Armies of books describe marketplace structure and instruments, recount economic history, or unveil personalities and strategies of heroic (or scandalous) individuals and institutions.

“Words on the Street” is different. It enlightens Wall Street professionals, Main Street audiences, policy makers, and academics regarding Wall Street talk and its implications.

As Haviland writes, “Though Wall Street often tries to benefit the public, it designs its influential rhetoric to harvest money from the public. Thus clever and delightful metaphors, reliance on American Dream language, and a rationality edifice do not intend only to teach and impress others. Wall Street words want action.”

Wall Street and American Dream rhetoric reflect and shape marketplace perspectives and thereby influence quests to make, keep, and manage money, the author writes. Therefore Wall Street propaganda has major financial consequences for both Wall Street insiders and Main Street. “Words” may change marketplace viewpoints, including dogmas related to investment.

This cultural investigation shows how investors and other players are persuaded to venture into and stay within stock, interest rate, currency, and commodity arenas. The opportunity to make money is a very incomplete explanation.

The book is extensively documented from financial sources and via references to literature, film, and music.

This study of Wall Street’s language and rhetorical methods benefits Wall Street professionals, Main Street residents, businesses, politicians, and regulators seeking insight on how and why Wall Street sermons attract and convince them. Enticed by the oratory of Wall Street and its allies, many millions of Main Street dwellers around the globe have marched into and remained within Wall Street, often to “invest”. The recent worldwide economic crisis underlines the importance of Wall Street marketplaces, even for those who have not carried their own money directly to Wall Street tables.

“Words on the Street” demolishes the scientific ambitions and claims, not only of Wall Street, but also of economics and other social “sciences”. “Words” investigates and discredits the counterfeit science (alleged objectivity) of the influential armies of would-be Newtons, Einsteins, Darwins, and Fords roaming throughout Wall Street and economics. Its analysis of Wall Street language in the context of the American Dream will fascinate American history scholars and students. Finally, “Words” provides an innovative yet persuasive explanation of cultural reasoning and how it differs from scientific rationality.

Leo Haviland has three decades of experience in the Wall Street trading environment. Haviland has worked for Goldman Sachs, Sempra Energy Trading, and other institutions. In his research and sales career in stock, interest rate, foreign exchange, and commodity battlefields, he has dealt with numerous and diverse financial institutions and individuals. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa) and the Cornell Law School.

For additional information, please visit http://www.havilandwords.com.

Words on the Street: Language and the American Dream on Wall Street

By Leo Haviland

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-4575-0565-2 $ 29.95 (Hardcover, 624 pages)

ISBN: 978-1-4575-0804-2 $ 19.95 (Paperback, 624 pages)

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IG Markets Launches 24 Hour trading on Australia?s Leading Stock Index

February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

IG Markets Launches 24 Hour trading on Australia’s Leading Stock Index












(PRWEB) January 20, 2010

IG Markets, Australia’s number one CFD provider, is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of 24 hour trading on our Australia 200 Index CFD product. CFD Traders are now able to deal on Australia’s index of the top 200 shares, around the clock.

Mr Tamas Szabo, Chief Executive Officer, IG Markets says “We are excited to be the only CFD provider in Australia to offer 24 hour trading, without breaks, on Australia’s leading stock index. Our evidence suggests that CFD traders are particularly keen on trading the index as it gives them exposure to a basket of the top 200 stocks, as opposed to taking a view on the prospects of an individual company’s shares.”

“Previously, CFD traders could not access the market to deal between 8:00am and 9:50am Tuesday to Friday, and between 4:30pm and 5:10pm Monday to Friday, now they will be able to get the jump on all other participants by dealing on live tradeable prices when the underlying market is closed. An IG Markets client could get into work at 8:00am, check the markets, and if they want to trade the index they will be able to take a position.”

IG Markets has been making out-of-hours FTSE prices for over a decade and currently makes out-of-hours prices for many other popular global index markets including Wall Street, Germany 30, Italy 40, France 40 and Spain 35. The addition of the Australia 200 index takes the number of CFD indices you can trade around-the-clock to 14.

Clients will be able to:


Trade the Australia 200 Index around the clock, from 09:50am Monday through to 08:00am Saturday, when certain times in the market were previously closed to them

Deal on most public holidays, including Australia Day**

“IG Markets is committed to constant innovation and offering client’s tools that can optimise their CFD trading. We are thrilled to be able to launch this exciting new product,” Mr Szabo said.

A CFD (or Contract for Difference) is an agreement to exchange the difference in value of a particular asset between the time at which a contract is opened and the time at which it is closed.

About IG Markets

IG Markets specialises in financial derivatives, principally Contracts for Difference trading (CFD trading) on over 7,000 global share CFDs, along with indices, forex , commodities, options, binaries and more. IG Markets is part of the IG Group, a UK FTSE 250 member with over 75,000 active clients worldwide. For further information please call 1800 601 799.

Largest provider by primary account among current CFD traders, Investment Trends June 2009 CFD Report.

** Exempt days are Good Friday, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Remember that CFDs and forex are leveraged products and can result in losses that exceed your initial deposit. CFD and forex trading may not be suitable for everyone, so please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved. Please consider our PDS before you enter into any transaction with us.

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Bayer CropScience and Texas A&M University System Sign Agreement to Advance Wheat Breeding

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Bayer CropScience and Texas A&M University System Sign Agreement to Advance Wheat Breeding











Monheim, Germany (PRWEB) February 17, 2012

Bayer CropScience and Texas AgriLife Research, a part of the Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas, USA have signed a multi-year agreement to develop and commercialize improved wheat varieties. Utilizing Texas AgriLife Research’s extensive collection of wheat cultivars and germplasm and Bayer’s expertise in both classical and molecular plant breeding, the collaboration aims to bolster current development efforts and expedite the delivery of higher yielding wheat varieties to market. Financial details of the collaboration were not released.

In particular, researchers and breeders at both institutions will focus on developing wheat lines that offer improved yields, as well as regionally important characteristics such as drought resistance, disease resistance and improved quality. Texas AgriLife Research is a leading provider of Hard Red Winter Wheat germplasm for the Southern Great Plains region of the U.S., and its collection will serve as a strong basis for developing these new lines.

Additionally, the collaboration will focus on the development of molecular breeding tools to facilitate the rapid genetic improvement of wheat. Combining both classical and modern breeding techniques is expected to increase the rate of wheat yield improvement and allow wheat to thrive in areas with conditions which are unfavorable currently for wheat production.

“Wheat productivity has not kept pace with the advancement in other crops like corn, but Bayer is determined to see that trend reversed,” said Dr. Mathias Kremer, Head of the BioScience business unit at Bayer CropScience. “By working together with the many wheat experts in the Texas A&M University System to harness the tools of modern plant breeding and biotechnology, we are convinced we can help make wheat farmers in Texas and beyond more productive and sustainable by delivering new high-yielding varieties that are more resilient against pests, disease and environmental stresses like drought.”

Dr. Craig Nessler, director of Texas AgriLife Research, said the collaboration with Bayer CropScience will give worldwide exposure to the wheat improvement programs of Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. “This endeavor will enhance the impact of these programs while building a strategic research and development relationship with a company that shares AgriLife’s dedication to crop improvement,” Nessler said.

The collaboration with Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University System is an example of Bayer’s strategy to work with leading global institutions that share a vision of improving wheat productivity in all the major wheat growing regions of the world. This agreement complements the many other collaborations that Bayer has in wheat with organizations including South Dakota State University (USA), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA), NARDI (Romania), RAGT (France), Evogene (Israel), and CSIRO (Australia).

TEXAS WHEAT FACTS:

    Texas ranks 4th in production versus other U.S. states.
    Over the past seven years, Texas has averaged planting 5,800,000 acres of winter wheat and harvested about 2,800,000 acres.
    In 2011, about 3.9 million acres across five U.S. states were planted in varieties developed by Texas AgriLife Research.
    Drought tolerance is a key trait of interest in Texas. The 2011 drought devastated the Texas wheat crop, with total production only reaching 49.4 million bushels, compared to 127.5 million bushels in 2010.
    Due to the drought last year, more than 900,000 acres of wheat were abandoned due to extremely poor yield or total crop failure.

About Bayer CropScience

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience, a subgroup of Bayer AG with annual sales of EUR 6.830 billion (2010), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and traits. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of 20,700 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: http://www.press.bayercropscience.com.

About Texas AgriLife Research/Texas A&M University System

Texas AgriLife Research — the state’s premier research agency in agriculture, natural resources, and the life sciences — is headquartered at Texas A&M University in College Station, but serves the entire state through its on-campus units and regional centers. It is comprised of its College Station headquarters, 13 research centers reaching from El Paso to Beaumont and Amarillo to Weslaco, and associated research stations. A member of The Texas A&M University System, AgriLife Research has 1,600 employees, 500 of which are doctoral-level scientists who are nationally recognized experts in their fields. AgriLife Research collaborates with more than 30 nations. Texas agricultural producers and consumers benefit directly from public investment in agricultural research in the forms of lower consumer prices, improved health and welfare, and an improved environment. Economic gains from investments in Texas’s public agricultural research have reached more than $ 1 billion over the past four decades.

Contact:

Bayer CropScience: Richard Breum, Tel. +49 2173 38-3270

E-Mail: Richard.Breum(at)bayer(dot)com

Texas AgriLife Research: Dr. Craig Nessler, +1 979 845-8486

E-Mail: cnessler(at)tamu(dot)edu

Find more information at http://www.bayercropscience.com.

rib    (2011-0053E)

Forward-Looking Statements

This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the Bayer website at http://www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.

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?Ask the Broker? Video Program Provides Traders a Forum for Answers at UFXBank

February 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

“Ask the Broker” Video Program Provides Traders a Forum for Answers at UFXBank










(PRWEB) January 29, 2010

UFXBank are now offering the unique opportunity for forex traders (http://www.ufxbank.com/) to have their questions answered weekly by a qualified financial analyst. Those with relevant inquiries can email UFXBank to have their question read on the weekly forex video program. You can see previous “Week in Forex” programs by UFXBank here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcr12TUnWQ

After the launch of the “Week in Forex” video series six months ago, UFXBank decided to launch a program that is tailored to traders’ needs. There is a plethora of financial news and economic releases to report, yet some may be overlooked or not thoroughly explained. Seeking to accommodate traders’ needs drives all of the new changes and releases at UFXBank.

UFXBank.com will continue its Daily Outlook video series which provide valuable insights into the financial markets each business day. The expansion of their video analysis to a weekly “Ask the Broker”(http://www.ufxbank.com/Ask-The-Broker.aspx) program will be a more intimate sit-down session with a Financial Analyst to delve deeper into the topics that interest viewers the most.

UFXBank provide a vast assortment of financial educational tools in addition to Forex video series. Users receive top notch forex analysis daily on the website and via email. Signals are also sent by SMS to mobile devices and a detailed Financial calendar on the site, keeps traders abreast of what may impact currencies.

To send you questions to UFXBank please send an email containing your name, email address and question to AsktheBroker(at)ufxbank(dot)com, and stay tuned weekly to Ask the Broker.

About us

UFX Bank (http://www.ufxbank.com) is an online brokerage with physical offices in London, England and Nicosia, Cyprus. In addition to offering a highly versatile and competitive online trading platform, UFX Bank offers human interaction 24 hours a day 6 days a week. Daily reviews, charts and educational tools are also available at no additional cost to the customers of UFX Bank.

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Harbor and Port Operations for Freight in China: IBISWorld Report Now Updated

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Harbor and Port Operations for Freight in China: IBISWorld Report Now Updated











IBISWorld Market Research

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 15, 2012

China’s strong GDP growth will further support the development of harbor and port operations. However, the appreciation of China’s currency and the global financial crisis will depress exports and inhibit demand for water transport. These negative effects will be partially offset by growth in imports. Industry revenue is forecast to grow 11.0%, reaching $ 43.76 billion in 2012, according to IBISWorld, America’s largest publisher of industry research.

Due to the global financial crisis and China’s weaker economy in 2009, international trade volumes fell and domestic economic activities also slowed. This negatively affected industry revenue growth in 2009 with a fall of 5%. Higher industry revenue growth in 2010 was estimated to be due to the improving domestic and global economies, and rebounding foreign trade volumes. Revenue of the Harbor and Port Operations for Freight Transportation industry in China is expected to total $ 39.4 billion by the end of 2011, up 10% from 2010. Over the past five years, industry revenue is forecast to grow by 6.3% per year.

In terms of throughput, China has become the largest country for harbor and port operations in the world, with 9.06 billion tons of freight throughput (refers to the total volume in harbors and ports above designated size) in 2011. Operations for container transportation developed even faster than those for total freight transportation, while container handling is more profitable and more efficient.

In the future, China’s strong GDP growth will further support the development of harbor and port operations. Industry revenue growth over the next five years is expected to be 9.2% per year, to reach $ 61.2 billion in 2016.

For more information, including profit levels, market shares, product segmentation and more, purchase IBISWorld’s full report on the Harbor and Port Operations for Freight industry in China for $ 825 at ibisworld.com.cn.

Follow IBISWorld on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/IBISWorld

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Harbor and Port Operations for Freight in China – Key Report Topics

Industry Performance

Executive Summary

Key External Drivers

Current Performance

Industry Outlook

Industry Life Cycle

Products & Markets

Supply Chain

Products & Services

Major Markets

Globalization & Trade

Business Locations

Competitive Landscape

Market Share Concentration

Key Success Factors

Cost Structure Benchmarks

Barriers to Entry

Major Companies

Operating Conditions

Capital Intensity

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Annual Change

Key Ratios

About IBISWorld Inc.

Recognized as the nation’s most trusted independent source of industry and market research, IBISWorld offers a comprehensive database of unique information and analysis on 200 Chinese industries. With an extensive online portfolio, valued for its depth and scope, the company equips clients with the insight necessary to make better business decisions. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IBISWorld serves a range of business, professional service and government organizations through more than 10 locations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.ibisworld.com.cn or call 1-800-330-3772.

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Altruistic Wharton Alum Encourages Charitable Giving By Giving Away His ?Passive Income? High Return Investment Strategy For Free

February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Altruistic Wharton Alum Encourages Charitable Giving By Giving Away His “Passive Income” High Return Investment Strategy For Free













Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 3, 2010

Today – Wharton Alum creates highly profitable investment strategy, and instead of protecting it as a trade secret, he decides to share the strategy with others for free through The Financial Freedom Foundation.org. This liberates people from trading time for money and encourages them to focus more of their time, funds, and private sector skill sets on charitable endeavors. The January 20, 2010 Brookings Poverty Paper indicates that there are already 39.1 million Americans living in poverty, with many cities already reaching the 30% poverty rate. This is a way for “private sector” individuals to do something about the resulting social distress.

Through 10 yrs and over $ 250,000 of research, Mr. Thompson, who received his MBA from The Wharton School, prepared to create his own hedge fund. While performing analysis of competing alternative investments, he kept uncovering professional traders with longer track records and even better performance than his own.

Due to his entrepreneurial nature, he began to turn these “competitors” into “employees” and continued performing serious due diligence on more top performing professional traders who did not trade exclusively for large financial institutions. He searched for rare professional traders who performed above a threshold of generating high double-digit returns for 5 years or more. These professional traders specialized in non-correlated non-traditional investment markets, including stock options, ETFs, commodity futures, and foreign currencies (forex).

After identifying a critical mass of traders and applying specialized principles of investment diversification and investment risk management, he distilled a “simple yet elegant” investment method that could easily be shared with and implemented by others. To that end, Mr. Thompson helped found TheFinancialFreedomFoundation.org. He says the model doesn’t work with the massive dollar sums of institutional investors, but is suited for private individual who have as little at $ 10,000 to invest or as much as $ 1,000,000 to invest. He says that the returns are comparative to the returns of the top tier hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital funds that the large institutional investors use to generate their millions. He claims it makes “the highest and best use of the laws of wealth creation,” by ruthlessly exploiting the exponential effect of compounding returns.

People do not need to entrust their money to anyone else and can implement the investment strategy on their own. The strategy is “hands-off” because once the pieces are in place, they continue working perpetually, resulting in “passive income.” Implementing the investment model does not require a strong financial background and does not require the individual to become a day trader nor personally do any of the trading. The money always stays in one’s own brokerage accounts, in one’s own name, making the strategy Ponzi-proof. The strategy provides for complete investment transparency, investment liquidity, scalability, control, and privacy.

By giving the investment method to others, the founders hope to lead by example in encouraging and enabling others engage in more charitable giving, too. They hope to take what Bill & Melinda Gates or Warren Buffett are doing on an international scale, and enable regular private individuals to retire early and multiply that charitable effort at their community level, significantly impacting the number of dollars, skills, and hours of time that affect non-profit organizations and the people served. Thus, by giving away the investment strategy for free, the founders hope to grow the results of philanthropic activities exponentially, thus lessening the income gap that causes so much economic and social distress. The investment strategy is given away in a Free Report found at TheFinancialFreedomFoundation.org.

Mr. Thompson is an alum of The Wharton School, The Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies, American MENSA, and the National Eagle Scout Association.

To learn more about the organization and the investment strategy, request the Free Report at http://www.TheFinancialFreedomFoundation.org

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Half Billion Dollar Challenge Offers Debt Free Opportunities to Pay Down People?s Debts

February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Half Billion Dollar Challenge Offers Debt Free Opportunities to Pay Down People’s Debts











Raymond Leung


San Jose, Calif. (PRWEB) February 5, 2010

Half Billion Dollar Challenge, a revolutionary pixel advertising scheme designed to spur investment in a still-shaky economy, is set to launch. Founded by a Chinese-American named Raymond Leung, CEO of RHL Investments Inc, a real estate and Forex trading firm, the site aims to support the nascent economic recovery by paying down people’s debts and providing multi-sector advertising opportunities.

Following the familiar pixel ad website format – a grid with spaces available for a price – Half Billion Dollar Challenge offers some interesting and potentially lucrative twists. In addition to purchasing advertising space, people can enter a series of progressively more lucrative draws aimed at raising $ 2 million toward paying down the winner’s debt as well as raising $ 1 million for the Red Cross.

Half Billion Dollar Challenge seeks to raise half a billion dollars within two years. The site offers six grids – two devoted to business opportunities, and one each to services & shopping, entertainment, shopping and general. Buyers can choose from 9,950 pixels available for $ 500 each. After all those pieces are sold, buyers will race to select from five platinum ad pieces for $ 5,000. Hovering over each grid spot opens a multimedia rich AD Box, supporting HTML, colors, embedded video, animated GIF and Flash.

At regular intervals, lucky winners will receive a chance to win at least $ 50,000 to pay down their debts, culminating in a final draw after all the pixels have been sold, which will pay down the winner’s entire debt. To enter the debt payment draw, visit http://halfbilliondollarchallenge.com/Sign_up.html

Once complete, the site is guaranteed to be online for 15 years, with link changes allowed for up to 10 years. Buyers can even resell their ad space anytime in the first five years. For a complete list of distinctive features that make Half Billion Dollar Challenge a new and fresh take on the pixel ad phenomenon visit http://halfbilliondollarchallenge.com/MDH_vs_HBDC.html

Follow the Half Billion Dollar Challenge on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

Contact

Raymond Leung

RHL Investments, Inc.

1-408-564-2146

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Mallon P.C. Announces Creation of Easy-to-Use NFA Self-Exam Checklists

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Mallon P.C. Announces Creation of Easy-to-Use NFA Self-Exam Checklists












San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 9, 2010

In an effort to better serve firms registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Mallon P.C. has developed a set of easy-to-use checklists to help investment managers follow proper National Futures Association (“NFA”) compliance procedures.

All NFA Member Firms must complete a self-examination of their compliance procedures on a yearly basis and Mallon P.C. aims to make the process more accessible and efficient to such firms. The checklists created by Mallon P.C. include a general checklist for all NFA Member Firms as well as specific checklists for the following CFTC registration categories: Commodity Pool Operators, Commodity Trading Advisors, Futures Commission Merchants, and Introducing Brokers. Mallon P.C. has also created a way for managers to make notes on potential compliance issues and to “attest” that they have completed the annual requirement. The goal of the checklists and supporting materials is to provide managers with an easy solution to keeping compliance orderly and up-to-date.

“Compliance has become an increasingly important area for investment managers. Many firms simply do not know what to do to remain in compliance because of hard to understand rules and regulations,” said Bart Mallon, Esq. of Mallon P.C. “We have aimed to create free, easy-to-use resources for NFA Member Firms to remain in compliance. I think this is especially important as the CFTC proposes new regulations requiring forex managers to register as CPOs, CTAs, and IBs.”

Mallon P.C. provides comprehensive support to hedge funds and investment managers throughout the United States. Mallon P.C. also provides legal, registration, and compliance support to futures and forex managers. If you have questions about registration (investment adviser, CPO, CTA) or questions regarding your firm’s compliance program, please contact Bart Mallon.

The contents of this press release may be considered attorney advertising in some jurisdictions. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Media Contact:

Bart Mallon, Esq.

(415) 868-5345

http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com/

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