'Drunken' Broker Sent Oil to 8-Month High in 2009: Report - US Business News - CNBC

'Drunken' Broker Sent Oil to 8-Month High in 2009: Report - US Business News - CNBC:

 "...an admin clerk called Perkins to ask why he had bought 7 million barrels of crude during the night. Perkins had no recollection of the transactions, and it turned out that he had made the trades during a “drunken blackout," according to the FSA."

ATM fees hit record high, free checking accounts decline - Sep. 24, 2012

ATM fees hit record high, free checking accounts decline - Sep. 24, 2012:

" McBride says that the banking industry has lost income due to an increase in regulations, and that's made free checking accounts harder to find.

"Two regulatory changes in particular have cut the legs out from free checking, he said, "one putting restrictions on overdraft charges, and the other limiting swipe fees when

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New 'Tail Hedge' ETF Hunts Black Swans - Seeking Alpha

New 'Tail Hedge' ETF Hunts Black Swans - Seeking Alpha:

It is a little eearly in the school year for my classes to cover this, but oh well, we will anyways!  lol

" First Trust recently launched a new "Black Swan" styled ETF that pairs a tail risk hedge with equities, which will help limit an investor's downside risk.....The tail hedging strategy protects a portfolio from extreme market