Flash Orders

Credit Rating Agencies: New Rules Proposed By SEC

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Regulators on Thursday proposed rules designed to stem conflicts of interest and provide more transparency for credit rating compan...

Wall Street Is Right -- This Time

John Standerfer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


John Standerfer

In this post-Madoff environment, where the SEC needs all the credibility it can muster, it's critical that the agency not provide a knee-jerk response to every whim of the media and politicians.

SEC Moves Closer To Banning Flash Orders

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving toward banning a trading practice that gives some brokerages a split-second advantag...