Wall Street Traders

Goldman's Profits Come from Our Pockets: Why We Need a Tobin Tax

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Ellen Brown

While Wall Street's welfare queens have been busy collecting generous government handouts, the 50 states have been left to fend for themselves.

High-Frequency Trading Gives Unfair Advantage To Wall St., Critics Say

nytimes.com | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business


t is the hot new thing on Wall Street, a way for a handful of traders to master the stock market, peek at investors' orders and, critics say, even sub...

Traders, Lap Dances, And Pensions: Overlooked Bloomberg Reports

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business


We recently came across two criminally overlooked stories from Bloomberg that cover some very impressive ground. In a report from March, Bloomberg t...

Traders' High: How Wall Street Gets Carried Away

New York Times | Jenny Anderson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


It is easy to dismiss Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader at Société Générale, as a fluke. So here is a sobering thought for Wall Street: There ma...