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    just a "cost of doing business."

    thread title uses the last words from the article - 'SEC Cops Want to Fight U.S. Judge ' 'Agency's Enforcement Unit Expected to Recommend That Commissioners Appeal Citigroup Ruling' by JEAN EAGLESHAM And SUZANNE KAPNER - WSJ "The Securities and Exchange Commission is heading on a...
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    Corzine knew.

    well the CME's got to cover its ass of course and until the forensic accounting investigation's complete, 'just the facts please' won't enter testimony/evidence but the Euro bond trade was Corzine's wasn't it, so if client funds were being used to maintain that trade it should be easy to...
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    do brokers need resident inspectors ?

    thinking about food inspectors, the US has I believe 8,000+ inspectors of various sorts who work in situ don't think one inspector per broker would do it, might require several to cover the various departments in larger firms it's not just rules and regulations that require changes...
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    InteractiveBrokers "hyper-hypothecates" $14.5b of Customer Funds?

    "Hypothecation is the practice where a borrower pledges collateral to secure a debt. The borrower retains ownership of the collateral, but it is "hypothetically" controlled by the creditor in that he has the right to seize possession if the borrower defaults. A common example occurs when a...
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    MF Global On A Massive Scale?

    I don't know how it is, that after opening a trading account with a broker and then funding it, it appears that MY money suddenly belongs to the broker wtf came up with that idea there's something insidiously sick and diseased with a system that can't separate MY money from the funds -...
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    NT7 CQG issues

    08-30-2011: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=43780 12-06-2011: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=45990
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    CFTC approves "MF rule" to protect customer's funds

    rules Do Not *protect* client funds, neither apparently do regulators client funds need to be insured, separately, from the broker's business currently the MF G creditor claims are leaving clients' claims a poor third in line and the possibility some US clients won't have any money returned
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    MF Global On A Massive Scale?

    Swan Noir, I'll keep repeating until it happens that it's client funds insurance that's required, regardless of regulations, meanwhile what do you mean ? "And of course FX is even more of a problem." - I must be one of the 99%
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    Trading in US. All big moves happen overnight

    agreed here's a 60min chart of the ES for most of Nov pale grey lines are the daily 5pm EST Close - 6pm Open white lines indicate a few peak - trough examples and their coincidence with the high/low volume, and 'out of hours' price moves some of the high volume bars are 4pm, others 11am...
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    FCM/Harris Bank

    actually another Canadian bank, RBC - the Royal Bank of Canada is fighting a law suit brought against the bank as a result of a ponzi scheme: "The suit before the Superior Court of Quebec alleges RBC's Beaconsfield branch where Jones conducted most of his business, was aware that Jones was...
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    Anyone pulling money out of MF Global?

    comintel, don't know. phone Global and ask them
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    Impossible Forex

    it's simple open a US$ account at your bank a currency exchange 'bureau' usually has lower B/S rates than banks, and banks rates differ from bank to bank. this info can be verified online find the best rate and convert C$ to US$, deposit funds in US$ bank account fund your trading...
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    Anyone pulling money out of MF Global?

    Global Securities a full service futures broker here in Vancouver, Canada will provide an additional $9 million in coverage: http://www.globalsec.com/about/investor_protection.aspx 'After MF Global, futures industry rethinks bailout fund' by Ann Saphir CHICAGO Reuters – Thu, Nov 24, 2011...
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    'Massachusetts sues big lenders over foreclosure practices'

    by Alejandro Lazo, Los Angeles Times Dec 2/11 "BofA, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and GMAC are accused of fraud. The lawsuit could serve as a road map for other states, including California. The nation's five biggest mortgage lenders are facing a major legal challenge in...
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    'Software on Android phones 'tracking every key stroke''

    oh right, of course, an iphone 'How to turn off Carrier IQ on your iPhone' http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222336/How_to_turn_off_Carrier_IQ_on_your_iPhone?taxonomyId=84
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    'Somebody is scanning your computer'

    yea. nuke them in my language means gone baby, gone actually the Chinese are like an invasion of bugs, surprising that no one has attacked already given how invasive they've been; called spying isn't it ? what's the CIA and Homeland Defence doing about it ?
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    'Somebody is scanning your computer'

    from my really old Seagate 5.6 firewall Security Log: 'Somebody is scanning your computer. Your computer's TCP ports: 73, 3128, 8008, and 7212 have been scanned from 125.45.109.166..' via: http://www.robtex.com/ "Sorry, we are currently missing dns information for 125.45.109.166...
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    What is your avg latency to your broker?

    Vancouver, Canada Hop . IP Address . . . .. . Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . Response Time 1 No reply from host 2 64.59.157.209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ms 3 66.163.69.133 . . . rc2bb-tge0-2-2-0.vc.shawcable.net 12 ms 4 66.163.77.142 . . ...
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    'Software on Android phones 'tracking every key stroke''

    by Katherine Rushton, Media, Technology and Telecoms Editor 10:30pm 30/11/11 "Software installed on millions of Android phones is thought to be secretly tracking every key stroke, Google search, and text message by their users it has been claimed. An Android app developer in America has...
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    CFTC Rule Revision

    as I'm concerned all the rules/regulations changes in the world don't mean squat All US futures/fx brokers Must be required to provide insurance on client funds insured: EU €20,000 . UK £50,000 . Canada C$1,000,000 . US $0
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