The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is a leading futures and options on futures exchange. Established in 1848, it is the world’s oldest derivatives exchange. The CBOT initially traded only agricultural commodities such as corn, wheat, oats and soybeans. Futures contracts at the exchange evolved over the years to include non-storable agricultural commodities and non-agricultural
Firm: Bramdean Asset ManagementCity: London2008 Age: 472008 Assets Under Management (AUM): £7 Billion Nicola Horlick established her reputation in the early 1990’s at Morgan Grenfell Investment Management. In 1997 she teamed up with Keith Percy and assumed the role of Chief Executive of SG Asset Management (SGAM). Horlick is currently Chief Executive Officer of Bramdean
Electronic Communications Network, frequently used for creating electronic stock or futures markets. Electronic Communications Networks, or ECNs, are electronic trading systems that automatically match buy and sell orders at specified prices.
The Bretton Woods Accord was established in 1944, towards the end of World War II. The United Nations Monetary Fund convened in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, with representatives from the United States, Great Britain and France. The Bretton Woods Accord established the policy of pegging currencies against the U.S. dollar in order to stabilise the
The Shooting Star Japanese Candlestick is a bearish single candle pattern that appears during an uptrend. It opens higher, trades still higher, creating a long upper shadow. It then closes near its open, leaving little or no lower shadow, and a small real body.