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High frequency trading: Why the robots must die
The robo-stock market blew a fuse Thursday. Now is Washington’s chance to rewire the joint for good.The exact causes of Thursday’s stock market short-...
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High frequency traders' next target: the speed of light
Observations, questions, and commentary on today's business news headlines:• Here's a big question: Does the euro really make sense? When a country ge...
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Why fears of hyperinflation won't die
Deflation may be on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's tongue, but inflation is wagging in at least one corner of the economy. Obscure books anal...
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Trading a white collar for blue
In the 'knowledge economy,' blue-collar work - the kind where you don't sit at a desk - has long been considered second best. That's changing fast.By ...
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Trading on home prices
With two new vehicles from MacroMarkets, you can invest in the outlook on housing prices whether they go up or down.By Katie BennerInvestors now have ...
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Curb oil speculation? Why that's folly!
Regulators are gearing up to set limits, but that's just a good way to encourage hoarding.By Jon BirgerWord is that the Commodities Futures Trading Co...
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Yesterday's market swerve: fat fingers, glitch, or cyber-warfare?
Theories about yesterday's stock market swoon, where within a matter of 20 minutes, the stock market plunged by 1,000 points and then nearly completel...
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Why are there no Mac viruses?
By Philip Elmer-DeWittThere are, as far as we know, no Mac OS X viruses in the wild.To prove that assertion wrong, you only have to name one.Academic ...
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Insider trading: The least surprising event of 2010?
All of the ingredients were in place for industry-wide evidence of insider trading. Add a dash of deals and a new political zeitgeist and the recipe w...
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华尔街高科技交易员令人担忧
还记得那次闪电式大崩盘吗?2010年5月6日,道琼斯工业平均指数在短短几分钟内暴跌600点。市值达1,650亿美元的消费品巨头宝洁(Procter and Gamble)在几秒钟内就遭受了37%的损失。埃森哲(Accenture)和爱克斯龙(Exelon)跌至每股1美分。所有股票齐齐跳水。然而在接下...
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