The Wall Street Oligopoly at Work in the Oil Markets
Posted by Larry Doyle on December 19th, 2013 9:24 AM |
Information is everything. Unparalleled access to information and the hoarding of the data collected are cornerstone principles of an economic system that is defined as an oligopoly.
How does this work? Rather than my writing, let’s take a quick 2-minute view of what is going on within the oil markets. (more…)
Tags: barriers to entry, Genscape, high tech snooping, how does an oligopoly work, oil, principles of an oligopoly, traders seek an edge with high tech snooping, Wall Street oligopoly, what is an oligopoly
Posted in General, oil, oligopoly, Wall Street | 3 Comments »
More Price Fixing on Wall Street?
Posted by Larry Doyle on March 27th, 2013 6:17 AM |
Here we go again.
With the investigation of the greatest financial fraud ever perpetrated on Wall Street — that being the manipulation of Libor — still in the early stages, news emanating from Europe this morning redirects the shadow from that organized activity into the dark and dank world of credit derivatives, aka CDS.
Recall that cornerstone principles of an industry that operates as an oligopoly are: (more…)
Tags: barriers to entry, CDS, collusion in CDS market, credit derivatives, how does an oligopoly work, imperfect information, ISDA, Markit, price fixing on Wall Street, sharing of information, Wall Street oligopoly
Posted in CDS, collusion, Credit Derivative Swaps, General, oligopoly | 2 Comments »