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Current CBOE president and COO Edward Tilly has been tapped as his replacement
Global markets appear to have hit a ceiling on the upside. And with third-quarter earnings expected to reinforce the position that economic growth is slowing, the markets may well remain in neutral through the end of the year – or perhaps longer if U.S. tax rates increase in early 2013. On the other hand, with […]
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GIVEN ALL THE FUSS ABOUT European sovereign-debt problems and the implications of Quantitative Easing III, one of the worst droughts in U. S. history this past summer has gone largely unnoticed by many people. As a result of the drought, supplies in grain crops are tight and crop prices remain well above historical trends. Moreover, […]