Daily Archives: April 2, 2014

Another HFT discussion worth hearing

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Danielle Park

More useful detail on HFT comes out in this segment. Michael Lewis, author of “Flash Boys,” talks about high-frequency trading, the U.S. stock market and financial regulation. Here is a direct video link. Yes the stock exchanges need to go … Continue reading →

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HFT dominating FX as equity volumes fade

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Danielle Park

At some $5 trillion of daily transactions, foreign exchange is the world’s largest, most liquid market. Collusion and fraud in FX price fixing by bank traders has been terrifically profitable for them as they worked to rebuild from the debt … Continue reading →

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More on rigged markets, unfair advantage and crash risk

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Danielle Park

Over the past 5 years, anything that has helped to push security prices higher and rebuild bank coffers (insider trading, skimming, front-running, money laundering, HFT, re-hypothecation, price fixing, QE) are considered by the status quo–central banks, regulators, financial heads– desirable … Continue reading →

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