Fox Business - The Power to Prosper
Search Site

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET

SunGard Data Systems

SunGard is a multinational company based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, which provides software and services to education, financial services, and public sector organizations.

Read More at Wikipedia
How TVIX, A Stock-Market Hedge, Came Unglued

Something was amiss when Erich Brehm checked his TVIX holdings late last week.

The VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term exchange-traded note, which trades under the symbol TVIX, shed half its market value between Thursday and Friday, a tumble that spooked investors and underscored the complexities of easy-to-trade securities tied to volatility."Something weird happened last week and the market value got cut in half. It happened for some reason that none of us understand," said Brehm, 59, owner of a medical supply distribution business in Sunnyvale, Texas, who said he bought 2,200 TVIX shares for $17.30 each back on Feb. 22.On Wednesday, TVIX rose 15% to $8.02.Last week's price crash capped a month of anomalous moves in the TVIX after new issuance dried up.Credit Suisse AG (CS), the bank that issues TVIX shares, suspended new creation after a rush of demand. The suspension prompted the price of TVIX to drift far from the basket of assets it was meant to track. Prior to the temporary su...

Read More

  1. Thomson Reuters sells risk unit to Vista

    By Isabell Witt and Claire RuckinLONDON (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters <TRI.TO> said it has agreed to sell its trade and risk management software business, which includ...

  2. AT&T Readies the Boxing Gloves

    AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) is expected to soon present a proposed solution to U.S. antitrust regulators to salvage its planned $39 billion acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobi...

  3. ANALYSIS-Funds of hedge funds face up to bleak future

    * Funds may be forced to close, seek deals * Outflows, poor performance, bad reputation weigh heavy * Smaller firms most vulnerable to cost pressures * Specialisatio...

  4. RPT-ANALYSIS-Investors, hedge funds get real about returns

    (Repeats to additional subscribers)By Laurence FletcherLONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Hedge fund investors scarred by global credit crisis losses are setting their expect...

  5. Tech Trends and IPO's

    Bob Farrell, CEO Metastorm weigh in on his company's attempt to go public and if their technology is making a comeback.

  6. State Budgets: The Best and the Worse

    With California hanging by a thread, we break down the states in the best and worse budget positions--find out where your state lands. Check out the full hour of FOXBusiness.com LIVE today.

  7. Shedding Light on Short-Selling

    Sungard CEO on short-selling.

  8. Gauging Market Volatility

    Why have the markets been so volatile?

  1. Out of Obscurity, Stress Tests Go Mainstream

    The Federal Reserve on Tuesday released the results of another round of stress tests on big U.S. banks, telling investors what would happen to these companies if the...

  2. Move Over Greece, Iran Now Sits Atop List of Worries

    With the Greece rescue finally cemented and crude oil leaping to $106 on new saber-rattling in the Middle East , Iran appears to have replaced Europe as No. 1 on Wal...

  3. In Eurozone Disaster Scenario, Travel Could Lose $88B

    A eurozone disaster would "wreak havoc" on the U.S. business travel industry and cause tens of billions of dollars in losses over the next two years, a new industry ...

  4. NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Set To Vie For Technology Business

    NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1.XE, DBOEF) are squaring up to compete again after burying their merger plan, and both see selling technology and mark...

  5. Peering Into a Eurozone Disaster Crystal Ball

    Europe’s sovereign debt debacle has been No. 1 on Wall Street ’s list of worries for the better part of the past year.As the political and economic crisis grows in s...

  6. A Review of Longer Term Straddles & Strangles..

    optionsguyWhen market direction is uncertain and conditions are anything but calm, what's an option trader to do? Two strategies that might fit are longer term strad...

  7. Maybe Time for Longer Term Straddles & Strangles...

    When market direction is uncertain, but conditions are anything but calm, what's an option trader to do? Two strategies that might fit are longer term straddles or s...

Freebase CC-BY
Source: SunGard Data Systems on Freebase, licensed under CC-BY
Other content from Wikipedia, licensed under the GFDL