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Where is the bull on Wall Street

Wall Street photo of this rage-blinded bull, a bull ready to attack takes pride of place in the photo album of every US tourist who has visited New York. Bronze statue weighing in 3200 kg is in the Bowling Green Square, near the famous Manhattan Wall Street, therefore, the "Attacking Bull" is often called the "Bull on Wall Street". By the way, the connection between a furious bull - a popular symbol of New York, which a thousand tourists come to admire every day, and the street, which became a symbol of business tycoons, can be traced not only in the name and geographical location.

What to visit in New York

Statue of Liberty, The Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Central Park, Broadway, Wall Street and Brighton Beach - a typical "collection" of New York attractions. Through these streets, every self-respecting tourist walks around the squares and parks, coming to the largest city in the USA. But to truly immerse yourself in the spirit of Freedom and the endless Possibilities of "New Amsterdam", you can only turn off the beaten tourist routes and look into places, which are not in guidebooks. A life hacker will help you with this - we go on a journey through the amazing corners of New York.

Alexander Matveev: Tesla is a time machine

You've never seen a Tesla car? In Silicon Valley, only talk, what about Tesla and venture capital investments in general. And about that, how great is it to invest in innovative companies and watch, how a simple idea turns into a unique product. And a barely noticeable startup, originated somewhere in the garage, becomes the new Hewllet Packard, Apple or Google. Tesla, seem to be, from this row. Alexander Matveev talks about his impressions of the car of the future. At the end of August, together with the Executive MBA students of the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, I attended the training module in the USA. I've never been to Silicon Valley before. But even before his trip to America, he dreamed of visiting Tesla Motors, electric vehicle manufacturer, named after the outstanding scientist Nikola Tesla. Biographers consider him “a man, who invented the twentieth century "and" the patron saint of modern electricity ". Our curriculum managers have set up a very busy schedule, but still I had plans to visit the head office of Tesla Motors in California and take a ride on the roads of the west coast of the United States in a unique S series sedan. Tesla Model S is recognized as the safest car in 2013 year in America

First woman to buy a seat on the NYSE

Aged 80 years died Muriel "Mickie" Siebert - the first woman, member of the NYSE.   1968. Mickey has always been the most recognizable figure on WS Muriel "Mickie" Siebert became the first woman, taking place on the NYSE. She was the founder and owner of a brokerage firm, bearing her name - Muriel Siebert & Co. Inc. Jane Macon, director Siebert Financial, talking about her death, called her "a fairytale woman, pioneer and pioneer in the men's business world ", which raised the bar for everyone, entering the financial world after her. Nevertheless, she's opening the door, always kept it for people, following her ". She bought a spot on the NYSE in December 1967 after months of struggling with business resistance with a purely masculine dominance. Meriel Seabert (Muriel Siebert) - first female broker on the New York Stock Exchange - died 24 August aged 80 years. Writes about this The New York Times with reference to the member of the Board of Directors of Siebert Financial Corporation Jane Macon (Jane H. Macon).

Interview: Jim Rogers

A month ago, analysts at Fusion Analytics Investment Partners, LLC, according to them. "lucky" to interview Jim Rogers, who together with George Soros founded the Quantum Fund. Since Rogers does not draw his conclusions from the newspapers, government statistics, and figures from other analysts, and by analyzing that, what he saw with his own eyes on many years of travel, his view of things always seems to me personally quite interesting. The original text of the interview is posted on the Fusion MarketSite website. . Translation further

Prop trading: changing dynamics

Regulatory changes are forcing firms to reevaluate their business models at every point in the sales cycle Prop firms were not immune to costs due to low volumes and high compliance, that poison the lives of most organizations in the industry, and what many have struggled with last 18 Months. This led to market consolidation. Here are some recent examples: Getco buys Automat, Marex Spectron преобретает Schneider Trading Associates, Webb Traders merges with Caerus Trading. However, along with the changes, there are also opportunities for prop firms.. Volcker's Rule (Volcker Rule) in the USA and steps, undertaken in Europe to separate prop-trading units from retail banks, reduce the volume of prop trading in banks and further promote traditional prop firms. In the short term, this will reduce liquidity, and also provide an opportunity to recruit talented people, leaving banks. But prop-trading firms also have big short-term problems.. Rising technology costs hit the bottom line, while lower volumes reduce traders' opportunities.

We speed up the Internet connection to the broker's servers(DNS change)

For traders who trade on the US stock exchange (NYSE,NASDAQ,AMEX) and on CME, for example from Russia or the CIS countries, there is a frequent problem with speed to another continent, not only to sites, but also to the trading servers of brokers. Providers often set the best route in their country, but not to other countries. There is 2 solution option: 1)Call the provider and ask to change the route from you to the broker using faster servers, but this is unlikely for home users. On the corporate network, they do it, but not with great pleasure. A simpler method will be discussed further. :

SEC: US Securities and Exchange Commission voted to lift ban on hedge fund advertising

Even before the advent of hedge funds, there was already a rule, which forbade them - as private, to unregistered investors - advertise their services. US Securities and Exchange Commission lifts ban, established during the Great Depression – one year later, established by the JOBS act. Four of the Commissioners, including its Chairman Mary Joe White, voted for the new rule, one against. “Given the well-defined content of the act and the deadline set by it, which took place last July, the commission should not delay making a decision ", said White before the vote. "It, certainly, doesn't mean, that the commission should not provide investors with additional protection of their interests, if it becomes necessary ". It was the lack of such guarantees that caused discontent among human rights organizations and commission member Louis Aguilar, who voted against the innovation. In his opinion, without general principles of protecting the interests of investors, lifting the ban on public appeals to buy services would be a blessing for scammers. “Based on our experience, this will lead many investors to financial disaster ".

Top Hedge Funds Hedgeweek USA Awards 2013

The nominees were not determined by fund size or popularity, but on a high quality principle: Marianne Szordel (Marianne Scordel) from Bougeville Consulting at the request of Hedgeweek surveyed 3 top management firms in each of the hedge fund strategies, declared in the list of nominations. The list of nominees has been sent to Hedgeweek readers, who voted for one of the representatives of any of the categories. The favorites were determined by a vote of more than 41 thousand readers: institutional players, managers of private assets and funds and other professional market participants, even administrators, prime brokers, custodians, legal organizations and consultants.

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