Stock Trading

The New York Times Worries About Stock Trading

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: The-Deal-Magazine, Globalization, Stock Trading, Technology, The New York Times, Stock Market, Business News

The real problem here is not necessarily the underlying economy -- does anyone really think stock markets accurately reflect the state of the real economy? -- but the structure and dynamics of the markets themselves.

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Apple's Flash Crash

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Ipos, High-Frequency Trading, Stock Trading, Apple, Flash Trading, Stock Market, Apple Flash Crash, Ipo, Bats Exchange, Bats, Hft, Flash Crash, Business News

Call it a very bad day for flash traders. On the very day that BATS, short for Better Alternative Trading System, one of the larger high-frequency ...

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High Frequency Trading: The Party Might Get a Little Less Wild

John Bates | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Hft, Flash Crash, Algorithmic Trading, High Frequency Trading, Stock Trading, Wall Street, Business News

The detection of abusive patterns must happen in real-time, before any suspicious behavior has a chance to move the market. Sensing and responding to market patterns before aberrations or errors have a chance to move prices is the right thing to do -- in all asset classes.

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Wall Street Wastes $280 Billion A Year: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Stock Trading, Financial Sector, Financial Services, Dodd-Frank, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Philippon, George W. Bush, Financial Services Industry, Wall Street Inefficient, Big Banks, Video, Wall Street, Finance, Occupy Wall Street, Deregulation, Trading, Wall Street Pay, Financial Regulation, Business News

Wall Street seems to have learned a neat trick: how to make more money while producing less. Between 1980 and 2010, the U.S. financial industry nea...

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Insider Trading Probe Has Boehner In Tough Spot

The Hill | By Jordy Yager and Peter Schroeder | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Spencer Bachus Ethics Probe, Stock Trading, Video, Insider Trading, Stocks, Spencer Bachus Insider Trading, John Boehner, Spencer Bachus Investigation, Spencer Bachus, Politics News

An ethics investigation of Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) has put Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a politically tricky...

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Rich Less Likely To Be Attuned To Others' Suffering, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: 1 Percent, Rich People, Psychopaths, Stock Trading, Video, Wealthy, Empathy, Income Inequality, Stock Market, Occupy Wall Street, Top 1 Percent, Psychology, Social Skills, Facial Expressions, Wealth Gap, Business News

Social psychologists are making an argument that Occupy Wall Street protesters have been saying for months: Many rich people just aren't in the habit ...

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Disgraced Lobbyist Claims Lawmakers Broke The Rules

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Congress, Insider Trading, Jack Abramoff, Video, Stock Trading, Jack Abramoff Capitol Punishment, Capitol Hill, Wall Street, Stock Market, Cnbc, Congress Wall Street, Jack Abramoff Scandal, Jack Abramoff Book, Congressional Aides, Politics News

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff recently revealed that several lawmakers have bragged to him about insider stock trading. Abramoff said in an inte...

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Human Behaviour can create trading opportunities.

Mike Baghdady | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Education, Stock Trading, Training Traders, FInancial Markets, Business News

The current climate of uncertainty on the financial markets has held grip since late 2007 and was formally recognised in 2008 when Lehmann Bros went u...

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25 Guys To Avoid On Wall Street

CNBC | Ash Bennington, John Carney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Wall Street Guys, John Carney, Stock Trading, Wall Street, Stock Market, Business News

There are lots of critical skills you need to succeed on Wall Street. It helps to understand market forces. A facility with numbers is useful. Having ...

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Stock Trading In Private Companies Draws Scrutiny

AP | Peter Lattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zynga, Privately Held Companies, Linkedin, Twitter, Stock Trading in Private Companies, Stock Trading, Facebook, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the booming trade in the privately held shares of popular social networki...

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New SEC Trading Probes Eye Goldman Sachs, Apple

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Stock Trading, Bernard Madoff, Sec, Illegal Trading, Apple, Sec Investigation, Business News

Goldman Sachs and Apple, two of the hottest companies in the stock market, have caught the eye of investors, traders, and the SEC. The investigations are just two in a rash of new stock trading inquiries that the SEC recently fired off to the brokerage community.

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Jim Cramer's Shame Meter Is Broken

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Cramer Stock Advice, Jim Cramer Stocks, Stock Trading, Jim Cramer Trading, Stocks, Trading Strategy, Trading, Stock Advice, Jim Cramer, Business News

Cramer outlines a recommended trading strategy, but doesn't tell investors how to implement this strategy. The movement of stock prices is random, often driven by tomorrow's news, which no one knows.

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Phantom Assets: Undermining Corporate Elections and Shareholder Rights

N. E. Marsden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hedge Funds, Derivatives, Shareholder Rights, Stock Market, Stock Prices, Short Selling, Investors, Stock Trading, Economy, Credit Default Swaps, Business News

Every once in awhile, a journalistic ray of light exposes how far our financial system has veered from anything resembling objective reality.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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'Sell In May And Go Away': Stock Market Usually Dips May Through October

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investing, Stock Trading, Dow Jones, 401k, Stock Market, Sell in May, Dija, Personal Finance, Business News

CHICAGO — The fear that stocks are overdue for a correction has gnawed at many investors for months. Now they have new cause for concern, stati...

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French Rogue Trader's Trial Begins

AP | ANGELA DOLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stock Trading, Lehman Brothers, France, Societe Generale, Traders, Jerome Kerviel, Paris, The Spiral: Memoirs of a Trader, Business News

PARIS — Jerome Kerviel says he's living the simple life these days. The former French trader accused of gambling away billions of his bank's mon...

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New SEC Probe Eyes Trading in Goldman Shares

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Stock Trading, Sec, Wall Street, Cdos, Business News

The SEC has recently kicked off an investigation centering on the trading in Goldman shares that took place right around that April 16th disclosure that clobbered Goldman's stock.

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TV, Advertising, and Newspapers are dead - deal with it...

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Downloads, Stock Trading, Ipod, Tv, Media, Change Management, Iphone, Newspaper, Innovation, Music, Itunes, Ipad, Business News

You know what - change is a funny thing. For me, I can't wait untill I can watch all my movies and TV shows on demand instantly whenever I want withou...

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SEC, NYSE Investigate Trading In Buffett's Big Rail Deal

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Warren Buffett, Stock Trading, Insider Trading, Wall Street, Securities Fraud, Business News

The sizeable number of SEC stock trading investigations indicates that it's business as usual for people who want to beat the system, even if it means chancing fines, jail time and disgrace if they're caught.

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