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SEC chief calls for stronger rules on derivatives trading

Sep 22, 2009 Object

If President Obama wants to end the kind of complex trading that nearly brought the U.S. financial system to its knees, a more robust plan is needed to control them than the one his administration has put forth, the nation’s top securities regulator told Congress on Tuesday.

A White House plan to regulate the $450 trillion dollar derivatives market “would go a long way toward bringing over-the-counter derivatives under a comprehensive framework,” Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Schapiro told a congressional panel. But she added that swaps needed to regulated in the same way their underlying assets are.

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Wll eBay’s new investors escape the Kazaa curse?

Sep 1, 2009 Object

Filed under: Technology

The real question that I haven’t seen answered in any of the articles relating to the partial acquisition of Skype from eBay (EBAY) by a team of private investors is, who will own the underlying IP that runs the Skype P2P communications network? That question must somehow have been answered if savvy investors such as Silver Lake Partners and Netscape founder Marc Andreesen’s investment fund, felt comfortable forking over $1.9 billion to eBay. And as TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington points out, eBay did okay on this deal, emerging with a paper gain and still some share of any potential upside.

Under the covers, question still lurk, The two controversial Skype founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, are embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with eBay, which originally purchased the company from the duo for $2.6 billion. Friis and Zennstrom, who once avoided U.S. soil to avoid litigation with the recording industry, claim that eBay does not own the software the powers the Skype network. Rather, they say that the software IP is merely licensed to eBay by Joltid, an entity the duo still controls. eBay’s CEO John Donohoe said today that the new Skype deal does not resolve the legal dispute, according to Dow Jones.

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Gold price waffles as two key indicators diverge

Aug 6, 2009 Object

Filed under: Economy, Investing

Earlier in the summer, DailyFinance noted that a weakening dollar was the main contributor to rising energy prices, as the underlying supply/demand fundamentals were poor. However, the dollar’s impact extends far beyond energy, and its fall has coincided with a rally in the broader market. The combination of these two factors has sent the CBOE Volatility Index ($VIX), a gauge of investor fear, to lows not seen since pre-Lehman times. Taken together, the actions of the dollar and the VIX send conflicting signals about the future of another hot commodity investment: gold.

The Powershares U.S. Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) is down more than 12 percent since March, testing its 52-week low. Gold is typically bought as a hedge against a falling dollar, and the rapid expansion of the monetary base by the Federal Reserve has led many to anticipate that gold would soar to new highs. Instead, gold has settled into its tightest three month trading range since September 2007. One possible reason for this is that, even as the dollar loses value compared to other currencies, the fear that has filled the marketplace has also dissipated. If the historical relationship holds, one of these indicators is wrong, and that could spell big profits for investors who correctly identify which one.

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