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Banks are firing their million-dollar derivatives traders and replacing them with algorithms

S&P gets in trouble for giving AAA rating to obviously terrible thing

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moneyscience: Via @JimMahar - Wall Street’s credit #derivatives traders are being replaced by machines http://t.co/2kLXPDcm

S&P gets in trouble for giving AAA rating to obviously terrible thing

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John Paulson's largest hedge fund is down 34% this year

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Construction workers erect an advertising banner for UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, at the track of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay circuit

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UBS says rogue trader lost $2 billion

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Even Havard's endowment can't beat the market

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A trader watches his screens on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

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Investors are betting big on a debt swap that "will not help Greece at all”

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"The most crowded trade in the world"

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Bonds beat stocks over the 30 years - for the first time since the Civil War

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"Meet Jefferies, the world's first crowdsourced investment bank"

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The U.S. Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington

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How a handful of investors profit from private talks with Fed officials

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Oxpeckers
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The Fed
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Why the US and Europe need a tad more inflation

New Normal
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Americans say a family of four needs nearly $60,000 per year to get by

Black market
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Argentina is considering amnesty for those who launder money through its banks

Valuations
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Alpha
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Bill Ackman is investing in a $90 million New York penthouse

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It's banks that are killing Europe, not simply austerity

EU Mess
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The Oracle
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The CBO is still likely over-estimating future deficits

Oxpeckers
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Banks are firing their million-dollar derivatives traders and replacing them with algorithms

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