Single-stock futures (SSF’s) are securities that share some of the features of equities and also some of traditional commodity futures contracts. They are traded in various financial markets, including those of the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, India and others. South Africa currently hosts the largest single-stock futures market in the world, trading on average 700,000 contracts daily[1].

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While it might seem like high-tech fun to the casual observer, trading is a lonely ordeal. Not only does the professional trader need to have extreme discipline, experience, and an attitude that doesn’t dwell on the money but sees trading as a game; he or she must also spend at least six hours a day in isolation with only the sound of whirring computers punctuated by the occasional audible signal. However, thanks to the development of the online trader’s chatroom, trading in seclusion may no longer be a necessary ingredient for success. Here we look at how the trader’s online chatroom not only connects traders but also can help their efficiency and profitability.

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Online Trading Community
An online trading community exists to provide its members with a structured method for trading, bartering, or selling goods or services. These communities often have forums and chatrooms designed to facilitate communication between the members. These communities are sometimes described as the electronic equivalent of bazaars, flea markets, garage sales, and so on.

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Reprinted from Korean Herald

Jittery investors dump stocks en masse.

Seoul’s main stock market plunged in a big way yesterday, as investors dumped equities in search of safer assets as the U.S. subprime mortgage scare and the credit market crisis worsened. KOSPI plunged Read the rest of this entry »

This is how the fat cats treat their customers- they take no responsibility for the management or mismanagement of those funds. Take your wealth management into your own hands, because look how they think about their responsibility in handling your money.

Reprinted From Bloomberg.com, July 26, 2007

Bear Stearns told investors in the two hedge funds last week that they’ll get little if any money after ”unprecedented declines” in the value of securities used to bet on subprime mortgages, or loans to homebuyers with the weakest credit. Read the rest of this entry »

Barbara Cohen
CIO, Pure Reason, LLC.

KOSPI 200 options are based upon the KOSPI 200 futures contract, the underlying index of the top 200 stocks traded on the Korea Stock Exchange (KRX). KOSPI futures and options trade in contracts much like the contracts traded at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Read the rest of this entry »

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08-10-2007 17:15
KOSPI Falls 4.2% on Subprime Woes
By Yoon Ja-young
Staff Reporter

The Seoul bourse suffered the third biggest one-day fall in its history Friday, tracking declines in global stock markets over deepening and spreading U.S. subprime mortgage woes. Read the rest of this entry »