Sentence examples for activities of traders from inspiring English sources

Indeed, many of these African and Asian peasants were illiterate, but they had responded with alacrity and foresight to incentives transmitted to them quite unconsciously by the activities of traders.

What is so surprising about the trading losses is that foreign exchange operations are supposed to have effective means of monitoring the activities of their traders.

The report is expected to be critical of Douglas Braunstein, formerly the bank's chief financial officer, for failing to strictly monitor the activities of the traders in London.

In the end, it was not British arms or settler prowess that defeated the Xhosa but internal tensions resulting from the activities of white traders, missionaries, and settlers.

Levying a "transaction tax" on the frenzied activities of City traders and their rivals in the world's financial markets is not a new idea, but it may be one whose time has come.

The FCA's share of the huge fine was £227m, also a UK record for Libor, which was imposed both for the activities of Deutsche traders and as the bank was found to have misled the regulator and impeded its investigations into the interest-rate fixing scandal.

Securing this position with his growing band of Senga warriors, Clark began to define and collect "taxes" and to oversee the activities of foreign traders in the area.

When the Guardian was prevented from publishing documents about the activities of oil trader Trafigura, the material ended up on WikiLeaks soon afterwards.

A slump in implied volatility matches the activity of option traders who sold options at surrounding strike prices creating something of a strangle combination.

Piketty is referring here to the occasionally destructive activities of Wall Street traders and investment bankers.

Enthusiasts for free markets have turned liquidity into a bit of a fetish, using it to justify the activities of high-frequency traders, as highlighted in Michael Lewis's recent book, "Flash Boys".