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Turning Points: Bill Perkins, Skylar Capital Management
Bill Perkins, founder of Skylar Capital Management, sees opportunities in US natural gas markets, even as depressed prices and low volatility prompt other traders to pull back. Alexander Osipovich reports...
Robert Sanborn, portfolio manager at Sanborn Kilcollin Partners, is critical of policymakers propping up markets with stimulus spending and low interest rates
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Turning points: Jill Sommers, CFTC
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Technology can provide a competitive advantage in banking. How it is applied by Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, to the benefit for their risk management systems, is discussed.
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