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By Ginger Szala |
May 31, 2013
Exchanges have adapted to new market reality by improving speed of automated trading systems to level playing ground for all traders, study finds.
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By John Siewers III |
May 24, 2013
Book review of "The Speed Traders: An Insiders Look at the New High-Frequency Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World" by Edger Perez.
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By Louis Lovas |
May 7, 2013
If there’s one thing firms must have a strong grasp on in the financial markets, it’s data. These days, data comes from every direction possible, and it comes quickly.
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By Lu Wang, Whitney Kisling and Eric Lam, Bloomberg |
April 23, 2013
A false report of explosions at the White House that wiped out $136 billion from the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in about two minutes highlighted the risks of the computerized trading that dominates the $18 trillion market.
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By Steve Zwick |
April 1, 2013
With debates raging about high-frequency trading, new regulations and a transaction tax, there is plenty for traders to keep an eye on.
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By Rudy Ruitenberg, Bloomberg |
March 22, 2013
Commodity-future price moves rather than news are increasingly driving trade in oil, sugar and grain futures, which may make finding a fair price less efficient, according to a Swiss study.
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By Jonathan Morgan |
February 27, 2013
A parliamentary committee in Germany approved a bill requiring firms that use the computer-driven strategies to register with banking authorities.
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By Fabio Benedetti-Valentini and Helene Fouquet, Bloomberg |
December 19, 2012
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici introduced a bill designed to force the country’s largest banks to fence off proprietary trading activities in dedicated units.
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By Murray A. Ruggiero Jr. |
November 27, 2012
Analysis techniques come and go, but some methods continue to push the frontier of what is possible. One of these is neural network technology. Has its time finally come?
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By Mary Childs, Bloomberg |
November 7, 2012
Wall Street’s credit-derivatives traders, who before the financial crisis commanded $2 million of annual pay, are being replaced by machines as banks cut costs and heed new regulations.
