- CFTC Announces Public Meeting of the Technology Advisory Committee
- From Internet | @10-25-12
- Full Committee to Focus on Updates from the Subcommittee on Automated and High Frequency Trading, Discussion of Industry-Lead Effort to Improve Customer Protections and New Technological Requirements Imposed by Part 1 of the Commission's Regulations Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, ...
- "Ghost Exchange" film questions runaway stock market technology
- By Emily Flitter | @10-25-12
- A Washington-based filmmaker is taking a hard look at how the U.S. stock market evolved from a crowded, noisy trading space into a quiet one dominated by machines in her new film, "Ghost Exchange." The feature-length documentary film portrays the market as a system in need of serious repair, ...
- A Computer Lesson Still Unlearned
- From Internet | @10-19-12
- A Computer Lesson Still Unlearned By FLOYD NORRIS Published: October 18, 2012 It was just a quarter-century ago that Wall Street was shaken to its core by the Oct. 19, 1987, stock market crash. On one day, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 23 percent of its value. People wondered if that heralded a ...
- High-Speed Trading No Longer Hurtling Forward
- By NATHANIEL POPPER | @10-15-12
- The hottest new thing on Wall Street is cooling down. High-frequency trading firms — the lightning-quick, computerized companies that have risen in the last decade to dominate the nation's stock market — are now struggling to hold onto their gains. Profits from high-speed trading in American stocks are on track ...
- Electronic futures markets versus floor trading: Implications for interface design
- From Internet | @10-15-12
- Satu S. Parikh Finance Department The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 1300 Steinberg Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366 LITZ2@finance.wharton.upenn.edu (215) 382-7749 Gerald L. Lohse Operations and Information Management Department The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 1326 Steinberg Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366 Lohse@wharton.upenn.edu (215) 898-8541 © ACM Abstract The primary concern in designing an interface for an electronic trading system is ...
- High Frequency Trading: a Look at How Much the Exchanges Make
- By Nicholas Maithya | @10-12-12
- High Frequency Trading has been a hotly featured subject in recent times, as media and regulators continue to talk about the structure of U.S. markets, with a keen focus on equities trading. The media and regulators have been able to pinpoint the downside of high frequency trading. This revelation ...
- Six Academic Studies Every Commodity Investor Must Read
- From Internet | @10-11-12
- Six Academic Studies Every Commodity Investor Must Read Interest in commodities as an asset class has increased in recent years, as investors have been attracted to the potential for both return enhancement and reduction of volatility that commodity futures can offer. While these benefits of commodities are often highlighted by investors ...
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