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The Securities Investors Protection Corp. (SIPC), often assumed to be analogous to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), insures retail brokerage accounts for up to $500,000 each in the event of a catastrophic firm failure. The SIPC is non-profit organization funded by its member securities brokers, created by congress in 1970 to promote confidence in the US securities markets. The coverage is event-neutral in the sense that it replaces missing securities and cash whether they disappeared in an earthquake, fire,flood, or were stolen by a broker. Missing securities are replaced at their current market value which may be a fractionof their previous value.

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Global macro trading can be lumped into two main camps. Relative value and directional. Relative value trades asset classes against each other when their historical relationships are out of whack. Directional trading is when you place a trade because you feel the underlying asset is going to make a big move and you already think you know the direction.

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