The two-year Greek note was trading at a spread of 807 basis points over the comparable German issue versus a spread, or gap, of 733 basis points Monday.
That is juicy compared with the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which was trading at about 1.78% on Tuesday.
The entrant can short-sell the monopoly's shares before beginning to compete, thus boosting its expected returns. (Note that insider-trading laws do not stop a company using knowledge about itself when trading other companies' shares).
Take note: Electronic brokerage has made trading as cheap for little investors as it is for giants like Fidelity Contrafund.
Note that all three funds were trading at or near new, six-month highs as recently as the end of February.
Just days after inconclusive elections in Italy sparked a substantial selloff in Asia, there were reassuring signs from Europe overnight Wednesday that helped put trading on a positive note on Thursday.
Trading started on a good note early Tuesday, with a positive lead from Wall Street, which rose for its seventh consecutive session on Monday, rising to a fresh record high.
Note that I only considered stocks that were trading at least one million shares per day.
Zynga shares are trading lower Thursday after a cautionary research note this morning from Pacific Crest analyst Evan Wilson.
Value investors take note: the list of actively traded emerging market stocks trading at low multiples is getting longer.
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After officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Level Global last November as part of a sweeping investigation into insider trading, the hedge fund sent investors a note vowing that its insurance policy would cover the legal expenses.
In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year note was unchanged at 2.12 percent.
In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year note was unchanged at 1.63 percent, matching its low for the year.
In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.70 percent from 1.71 percent late Friday as traders shifted money into lower-risk assets.
In 1971 a Merc member who had had a bad day sold his seat for a Ben Franklin note, a transaction that took place alongside a urinal in the trading floor men's room.
Bank of America is trading today at 50% to its book value, Citigroup at 65% and JP Morgan Chase is trading 94% below book value, according to a note from analyst Justin Hoogendoorn at BMO Capital Markets today.
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The daily chart of the T-note 10-year futures contract shows that they have gapped higher in early trading on Thursday.
Note that Yelp shares have actually performed well in the after market, recently trading at close to 2x the IPO price.
CommVault shares are trading sharply higher after ThinkEquity analyst Rajeesh Ghai asserted in a research note that Dell should buy the enterprise storage company.
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The June 10-year treasury note future is almost back to unchanged on the day having slipped in European trading as investors look at rising commodity prices to recognize the basis of the problem.
An interesting note in the report says that financial institutions plan to increase their use of automated trading (59 percent).
Investors interested in the strategies of David Tepper and David Einhorn may want to note that their top holding, Apple Inc. ( AAPL), is trading for close to its 52-week low, and less than the average price either of the two managers paid for their shares.
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Note that the company is expected to report Q2 results next Thursday before the start of trading.
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But Mr Cameron sounded a cautionary note over corruption in India, while admitting the British economy was not immune to rogue trading.
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In the market for U.S government bonds, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note edged up to 1.78 percent from 1.76 percent in late Monday trading.
OmniVision shares are trading sharply lower this morning after FBR Capital analyst Craig Berger asserted in a research note that the chip company could be at risk of losing its status as the dominant provider of image sensors for the Apple iPhone.
Stocks finished the week on a choppy note, as futures were sharply lower Friday ahead of the GDP report, but rallied in early trading before the sellers again took over.
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