#Rogue Trader

On Monday morning, we reported that in a stunning development, chronic defaulter Argentina - which just one year ago emerged from its latest bankruptcy - has found enough willing greater fools to sell 100-year bonds to. One person who especially stunned, was Mint's Bill Blain, who issued an entire

Submitted Vincent Lanci, as posted originally on Marketslant The Mechanics of Silver Manipulation JPMorgan Chase on Wednesday won the dismissal of three private antitrust lawsuits, including from hedge fund manager Daniel Shak, accusing the largest U.S. bank of rigging a market for silver futures

It may seem like a different world now, but it was about 8 years ago when panicked traders woke up to find a dramatic collapse in overnight futures, which forced the clueless Fed to cut rates by 0.75% on fears that the great selling had started. It hadn't, at least not just yet, and a few hours