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Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes Commentary: September 2011

Date 06/10/2011

By Gérard Al-Fil

September marked a turning point for the global markets as the price rally in gold was halted (at first), and oil prices fell significantly. Investors, however, continued to wait for a turnaround as the majority of financial markets remained lower. “The Sky falls in,” said Gary Dugan, Chief Investment Officer, Private Banking, at Emirates NBD in Dubai. “The Eurozone is now seen for what it is – a failed economic experiment.” As markets become increasingly nervous about a possible sovereign default in Greece, only a few exchanges bucked the downtrend.

“Regulatory Reentry” - Speech Of Commissioner Bart Chilton To The Cadwalader Energy And Commodities Conference, Houston, TX

Date 06/10/2011

Introduction

It’s good to be with you today. Thanks for having me. Thanks especially to Greg Mocek for the invitation. Greg was the CFTC’s able Director of the Division of Enforcement when I arrived at the Agency in 2007. I remember the first time I visited him in his office. His walls were covered in framed news clippings of all the great cases we had prosecuted while he was Director. All those things should probably be displayed in some criminal justice museum or something.

SEC Files Emergency Action To Halt Green-Product Themed Ponzi Scheme

Date 06/10/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it obtained an emergency court order today to halt a Ponzi scheme that promised investors rich returns on water-filtering natural stone pavers, but bilked them of approximately $26 million over a four-year period.

Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes September 2011 Performance Report - Monthly Report On The Performance Of The Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes

Date 06/10/2011

The global Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index, which measures the performance of 100 of the leading Shari’ah compliant stocks globally, had a down month in September with a loss of 7.19%, closing at 2019.36. In comparison, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, which measures the 50 biggest companies worldwide, posted a loss of 6.24%, closing at 160.21.

CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results - CFTC Releases Statement On The Agency’s Division Of Enforcement; A Record 99 Enforcement Actions, 74 Percent More Than Last Year

Date 06/10/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that its Division of Enforcement filed 99 enforcement actions in Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011), the highest yearly tally in the agency’s history and a 74 percent increase over the prior fiscal year. The CFTC charged individuals and companies in these cases for manipulating commodity prices, perpetrating Ponzi schemes and other fraud, supervision and accounting failures, trading abuses, registration deficiencies, and committing other violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations. The Division of Enforcement also opened more than 450 investigations in FY 2011, another program high. These results are calculated based on the Federal Government’s fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2011.

TSX Block List Leaders - September 2011

Date 06/10/2011

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. The leaders are measured by volume and value of blocks traded.

European Parliament - Semeta: Financial Transaction Tax For More Revenue And Changed Trading Practices - Could Raise €57 Billion Per Year

Date 06/10/2011

An EU financial transaction tax could raise €57 billion per year, Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Semeta told leading Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Thursday, a week after the Commission presented its proposals for such a tax. Mr Semeta shrugged off the reticence shown by some, telling MEPs that no tax proposal had ever received Member States' immediate full support and that company flight would not be the "major pattern" because tax regimes alone do not determine location.

Athens Exchange Monthly Statistical Bulletin September 2011

Date 06/10/2011

Click here to download the ATHEX monthly statistical bulletin for September 2011.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner Testimony Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

Date 06/10/2011

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “Council”).  

TSX Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - September 30, 2011

Date 06/10/2011

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending September 30, 2011.