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Commission Shrinkage Complicates Life for Buy Side
May 31, 2012 @ 12:06 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
As the trading slump caused equity brokerage commissions to contract through Q1 2012, institutions upped their research payments to the sell side. But where does that leave electronic trading?
continued...Betting on a Further Facebook Fall
May 30, 2012 @ 12:28 PM | By Phil Albinus
The options markets do not have high hopes for the social media giant. Next stop: $10 a Share.
continued...Meet the Hedge Fund Manager on the Other Side of the JPMorgan Bet
May 29, 2012 @ 12:09 PM | By Phil Albinus
His name is Boaz Weinstein and he turned Jamie Dimon's lemon of a bet into sweet lemonade.
continued...Why Do Retail Investors Always Seem to Get the Shaft?
May 25, 2012 @ 12:20 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
Facebook's botched IPO is the latest example of how small investors often get a raw deal in today's marketplace.
continued...Quant Looks for Human Touch
May 24, 2012 @ 11:29 AM | By Phil Albinus
The man who brought quantitative trading to Goldman Sachs is starting a new fund with greater oversight of the process - by real people.
continued...Facebook & Grexit Fallout: What's Next?
May 23, 2012 @ 11:10 AM | By Phil Albinus
An overblown IPO and a blown out European economy are bringing nothing but bad news to the US as we struggle to emerge out of a nearly four year-old recession.
continued...The Making of a Quant
May 22, 2012 @ 08:40 AM | By Phil Albinus
Today, quants are Wall Street's hottest commodity, and competition for their services is fierce. To fill the quant pipeline, Wall Street's top firms often turn to elite graduate programs from the nation's top universities.
continued...Facebook's IPO Fail: What Went Wrong on the Nasdaq
May 21, 2012 @ 12:45 PM | By Justin Grant
As Nasdaq deals with the fallout of Facebook's IPO flop, Bloomberg's Matt Miller tried to get some answers from Cuttone & Company's Keith Bliss
continued...Could HFT Hedge Funds Spark a New Flash Crash?
May 21, 2012 @ 11:54 AM | By Phil Albinus
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Even Facebook Can't Get Investors to 'Like' the Markets
May 18, 2012 @ 14:14 PM | By Justin Grant
The historic debut of the social networking giant on the Nasdaq was unable to help investors forget what ails the global markets.
continued...Morgan Stanley Annual Meeting Disrupted by OWS Offshoot
May 16, 2012 @ 12:36 PM | By Justin Grant
The "99% Spring" managed to drown out Morgan Stanley's shareholder vote count, but without a strategy aimed at steering elections, they won't force any meaningful policy changes.
continued...What If Goldman Sachs Lost a $2 Billion Bet?
May 15, 2012 @ 09:42 AM | By Phil Albinus
Wall Street golden boy Jamie Dimon is in a PR nightmare - usually the realm of Goldman Sachs. What would the reaction be if the CEO in the penalty box were Lloyd Blankfein?
continued...How Exactly Did JPMorgan Pass a Fed Stress Test?
May 11, 2012 @ 13:14 PM | By Justin Grant
News of the investment bank's $2 billion loss through a poorly crafted hedging strategy sent a shockwave throughout the global marketplace, once again putting regulatory bodies under the spotlight.
continued...Dimon's $2 Billion Bet Proves the Volcker Rule
May 11, 2012 @ 10:25 AM | By Phil Albinus
As Wall Street firms were making a case against Dodd-Frank and The Volcker Rule, JPMorgan loses big on a prop trading bet that blew up in their face.
continued...The Tea Party Remains Strong As Occupy Wall Street Sputters
May 09, 2012 @ 13:31 PM | By Justin Grant
As one movement continues to exert its political power, the other sputters.
continued...Forget the Flash Crash. Could a 'Splash Crash' Be On the Horizon?
May 08, 2012 @ 11:53 AM | By Justin Grant
Progress Software's John Bates says that with more instruments beyond equities becoming electronic and interlinked, the markets are vulnerable to a multi-asset flash event.
continued...Flash Crash Anniversary Sees More Oversight
May 07, 2012 @ 11:50 AM | By Phil Albinus
Since the market's loss of nearly 1,000 points two years ago, circuit breakers have been activated with greater frequency.
continued...Facebook IPO Watch: $35 a Share?!
May 04, 2012 @ 11:26 AM | By Phil Albinus
The much-anticipated IPO has a low, low price but you'll be lucky to get a piece of the action. Is that fair to the people who made Facebook into the Social Media Giant it is?
continued...Is Buy-Side Order Flow Really Going Dark?
May 02, 2012 @ 16:00 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
In the search for liquidity, the buy side increasingly is turning to dark pools. Or is it?
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