Daily Archives: April 15, 2014

CBC’s “The Current” on the scam, collusions and crash risk of HFT

Good discussion on the many ways in which high frequency trading firms collude with brokers, exchanges and data services to “queer the market casino in their favour”. And no, its not just in the US stock markets…we see daily evidence … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on CBC’s “The Current” on the scam, collusions and crash risk of HFT

And now for a little fun…

Antonio Vivaldi’s “Summer” is the setting for a musical competition. Salut Salon stage an acrobatic fight with a lot of humor – a classic of the Hamburg quartet. Here is a direct video link.

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on And now for a little fun…

Earnings and the S&P: reality check

When this ridiculous stock market implodes once more, strategists will be scampering to explain how some unexpected event caused losses that “no one could predict.” That of course will be just as false then as it was in 2000 and … Continue reading

Posted in Main Page | Comments Off on Earnings and the S&P: reality check