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Michael Lewis is wrong, says Knightmare on Wall Street’s Edgar Perez: Markets are not any more ‘RIGGED’ than before

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Innovator

According to Edgar Perez, author of Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets, stock markets are not any more ‘rigged’ than at the beginning of financial trading. He sustains … Continue reading →

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EU Lawmakers Seek High-Frequency Trade Curbs in Markets Law

Posted on October 1, 2012 by yocijourney

Lawmakers backed tougher European Union curbs on high-frequency trading and limits on commodity speculation as part of a push to toughen the bloc’s financial market rulebook. European Parliament legislators, voting in Brussels today, also called for the European Securities and … Continue reading →

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Are Average Investors Getting Bilked by Wall Street Supercomputers?

Posted on September 25, 2012 by yocijourney

As long as there has been a Wall Street, there have been those seeking to skim a little (or a lot) off the top of the vast wealth changing hands in the markets each day. Though capital markets in America … Continue reading →

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Colocation: The Root of All High-Frequency Trading Evil?

Posted on September 25, 2012 by yocijourney

By Geoffrey Rogow Trading firms, from Wall Street banks to high-frequency hedge funds and market makers, spend millions each year to place their trading models right on exchange servers. It’s a big revenue generator for both traders and the exchanges, … Continue reading →

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SEC No Match For High-Tech Traders

Posted on September 20, 2012 by yocijourney

(By Stephen Foley and Arash Massoudi in New York) The Securities and Exchange Commission is hopelessly outgunned in resources and technical savvy by the computerised traders it regulates, a leading US senator has warned ahead of a hearing into recent stock … Continue reading →

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High-Frequency Trading: Made-up and Real

Posted on September 20, 2012 by yocijourney

Opinions on high-frequency trading still run the gamut. On one end of the spectrum we find individuals such as Mark Cuban, a successful Dallas-based businessman, who recently proclaimed that he is afraid of high-frequency traders. Mr. Cuban’s fears are based … Continue reading →

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Is Fed Making Life Tougher for High-Speed Traders?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by yocijourney

…High-frequency traders use computer programs based on mathematical algorithms to trade at rapid speed, capitalizing often on tiny moves in stock prices. The industry itself has received widespread blame for market instability. A report in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, for instance, … Continue reading →

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Fed Warns High-Frequency Trading Firms

Posted on September 19, 2012 by yocijourney

By Arash Massoudi in New York and Philip Stafford in London Many high-frequency trading firms are taking shortcuts in their risk controls as they seek out faster ways to trade, a US regional Federal reserve bank has warned. The study … Continue reading →

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Could High Frequency Trading Lead To Our Own ‘Flash Crash’?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by yocijourney

The dangers of massive high frequency trading are becoming increasingly clear in equity markets. Greg Medcraft, the chairman of corporate regulator ASIC, confirmed to a Federal parliamentary committee: “Regulators around the world are very concerned about the systemic risk on … Continue reading →

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Super Funds Call for High Frequency Trade Ban

Posted on September 17, 2012 by yocijourney

Australian regulators should consider banning high-frequency trading in the equities market, according to Industry Super Network, which represents the $1.3 trillion pension funds industry. High-frequency trading, in which computer algorithms are used to buy and sell stocks in fractions of … Continue reading →

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