Although the SEC doesn’t have the legal authority to block companies from issuing stock, it can strongly discourage them from doing so. For instance, the now-bankrupt real estate startup WeWork reportedly abandoned its initial IPO plans under pressure from the SEC. Regulators are also believed...
The number itself isn't terribly important, and the actual calculation of the VIX is quite complex. Another way of dealing with volatility is to find the maximum drawdown. The maximum drawdown is usually given by the largest historical loss for an asset, measured from peak...
Fed QE purchases injected trillions of dollars of new bank deposits into the banking system. When unrealized gains present, it usually means an investor believes the investment has room for higher future gains. Additionally, unrealized gains sometimes come about because holding an investment for an...
Clearing members, futures commission merchants, and foreign brokers (collectively called reporting firms) file daily reports with the Commission. Those reports show the futures and option positions of traders that hold positions above specific reporting levels set by CFTC regulations. The aggregate of all traders' positions...
Of course, because SMCI stock is a meme stock, the gains are amplified. As we saw with AMD, data center demand is soaring so the hardware needed for them will rise as well. The company introduced a new AI platform that customers are flocking to....
DailyFX Limited is not responsible for any trading decisions taken by persons not intended to view this material. Japan has suffered from an ailing economy with very low inflation over the course of the last few decades, consistently failing to achieve 2% inflation. The BoJ...
Navigating Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) can prove challenging for government contractors. CAS are mandatory for use by prime contractors and subcontractors to estimate, accumulate and report costs, and to settle disputes for procurements with the U.S. government unless an exemption applies. A cost accounting practice...