Apple shares have attracted a cultlike following among traders and investors of all stripes.
Butcher John Galley said there was "a lot of ill feeling" among traders who did not want to move.
Debt Celling Negotiations The longer, the negotiations stretch, the higher the uncertainty among traders, and the higher the market volatility.
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With inflation so tame, expectations among traders in the financial futures markets of an early increase in interest rates receded.
Several traders and analysts said those economic and deficit worries mean gold likely will remain in favor among traders and investors.
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Speculation among traders and investors about further Fed easing of monetary policy is a mildly bullish development for the precious metals.
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In other market-sensitive news, there was more dour news coming out of the European Union Wednesday, which also lent to risk aversion among traders and investors worldwide.
Commerzbank shares lost 4.3%, in Frankfurt, in spite of talk among traders that the German bank was dropping its bid for Citigroup's German assets, according to TradeTheNews.
Just as with the UBS and Barclays settlements, regulators have produced incriminating e-mail and instant message correspondence among traders and managers with regard to setting interbank interest rates.
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That evening, Credit Suisse announced it would issue new shares of the ETN on a limited basis, raising eyebrows among traders who wondered if word of the move leaked out.
But the request to hold off the change comes after several high-tension days at NYSE and growing concerns among traders that the initiation of Reg NMS today will jam up communications among exchanges.
One week ago in this space, we noted a spike in fear among traders and investors, sparked by a developing nuclear crisis in Japan and continued tensions in the Middle East and North Africa.
The competition among traders using electronic systems to offer and seek liquidity has made retail and institutional traders much better off now that they are being served by highly efficient computers instead of by human dealers and brokers.
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While this is a common problem among traders, I see a similar trait playing out across our great land in the Human Resource departments and Investment Committees that are indirectly responsible for the fiduciary responsibilities of a vast majority of retirement plans and pensions.
An unwinding of pessimism among options traders could translate into a contrarian tailwind for DHI.
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We saw a sharper reversal of sentiment among options traders on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX).
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This rising optimism among options traders amid the stock's technical troubles has bearish implications from a contrarian perspective.
This rising negativity toward RVBD among options traders amid the stock's rally has bullish implications from a contrarian perspective.
Pellegrino is among 100 traders at Blackwood Securities , one of several day-trading firms in the New York area.
Everything above makes sense until you read the self-congratulatory e-mails among the traders.
Several major currencies moved sharply about 20 seconds before Friday's nonfarm payrolls report, raising questions among some traders on foreign-exchange desks.
As the security continues to blaze a path into the black, a reversal in sentiment among options traders could fuel additional gains.
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Traditional exchanges claim they minimise this problem, because their floor operators can parcel out a big order among many traders without giving the game away.
Optimism was also prevalent among options traders heading into the event.
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The cash deal is a sign Santander is confident despite the concerns among bond traders about state finances in several European economies, including Spain, Greece and Portugal.
Other scientists had found correlations between testosterone levels and risk-taking more hormone equals more risk and shown that, at least among London traders, men with higher hormone levels in the morning generate larger profits.
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When that point will be reached is a matter of day-to-day debate among bond traders, but Daniel Fuss, vice chairman of Loomis, figures that in 30 months the overnight rate will be about 3%, against 1% now.
Expectations are also high among options traders.
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However, there is some lingering concern among gold traders that if Cyprus sells some of its official gold reserves to help finance its European Union bailout package, other countries like Italy, Portugal and Spain may do the same.
George Gero, vice president and precious-metals strategist with RBC Capital Markets Global Futures, is among those traders who monitor the open-interest data on a daily basis for clues on the type of buying or selling that is occurring.
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