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Canada says border officials, police did not act improperly when arresting Huawei CFO

There is no evidence Canadian border officials or police acted improperly when Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was detained and arrested at Vancouver’s airport nearly 10 months ago, the Attorney General of Canada said in a filing released on Monday.

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Using the Nasdaq to Capitalize on Panic-Selling

In past Trade of the Day issues, we’ve discussed the tactical trading strategy of playing market volatility – and, more recently, oil market volatility – by using two different exchange plays:

Cboe Global Markets
Intercontinental Exchange.

For today, I’d like to add one additional name to this list: Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ).
As I’m sure you can guess, Nasdaq Inc. is the operator of the Nasdaq stock market, which is part of a so-called “comfortable oligopoly” among exchange-related plays.
Nasdaq Inc.’s trading revenues are tied to trading volumes, so periods of increased trading frequency lead to more transaction volume gains. Just like Cboe Global Markets …read more […]

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Trump’s tweets threaten Fed’s independence, push rate expectations lower: study

Interest rate futures traders believe the U.S. Federal Reserve will bow to President Donald Trump’s persistent tweets pressuring the central bank to lower interest rates, and this poses a “significant” risk to Fed independence, according to research released on Monday.

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Closed-End Bond Funds: What You Need to Know

Whenever I write about how investing in bond funds is a losing strategy, I always receive emails asking, “What about closed-end bond funds?” My answer is an admittedly unsatisfying “it depends.”
For those who are unfamiliar with closed-end funds, here’s a brief primer…
A closed-end fund is like a mutual fund, except it trades very differently.
A mutual fund trades only at its net asset value (NAV) at the end of the day.
So if a mutual fund has $100 million in assets and 10 million shares outstanding, it will trade for $10 per share. If the next day its assets climb to $105 …read more […]