CFTC Files and Settles Charges Against JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., for Violating Prohibition on Manipulative Conduct In Connection with “London Whale Swaps Trades

JP Morgan Admits to Reckless Conduct in First Case Charging Violation of Dodd Frank\u27s Prohibition Against Manipulative Conduct and Is Ordered to Pay a $100 Million Civil Monetary Penalt

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Settlement Agreement

Order Instituting Proceedings Pursuant to Section 6(c) and 6(d) of the Commodity Exchange Act, Making Findings and Imposing Remedial Sanction

Statement by the CFTC and the European Commission on Progress Relating to the Implementation of the 2013 Path Forward Statement

CFTC Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen and European Commissioner Michel Barnier Announce Continued Progress Regarding European Trading Platforms under July 2013\u27s Path Forward Statemen

Gold as a Tool for Hedging Financial Risks

The article discusses gold as a protective asset, which claims to be a high-efficiency tool for hedging financial risks. In the introductory part the general characteristics of hedging as a method of full or partial risk elimination is given, and the main known types of risk hedging typical for a financial asset portfolio holder are considered. Further, dynamics of the world prices for gold is analyzed in a historical retrospective, whereby the conclusion is drawn on a tendency of this asset to grow during the periods of financial instability, and also if new financial assets appear. In the final part of the article the assessment of gold as a tool for hedging financial risks is given

Economist recruitment.

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