Nasdaq and ICE Tighten Vise on NYSE, Taking their Bid to Shareholders, but...
As reported by Reuters’ Jonathan Spicer and Paritosh Bansal, Nasdaq OMX Group and IntercontinentalExchange Inc. will take their takeover bid for NYSE Euronext straight to the Big Board’s shareholders...
View ArticleKnowledge@Wharton on High-speed Trading: Is It Time to Apply the Brakes?
How fast is high-frequency stock trading? In the time it takes to read this sentence, tens of thousands of high-speed, computer-automated transactions can occur. Winning traders edge out rivals by...
View ArticleDemocrats Tom Harkin and Peter DeFazio Pushing Taxes on Stock Transactions:...
According to FOX Business, fueled by momentum in Europe, some U.S. lawmakers are looking to introduce a tax on stock transactions in an effort to discourage computerized trading that tends to increase...
View ArticleU.S. Regulators Investigating if High-frequency Traders are Distorting Stock...
According to The Wall Street Journal’s Scott Patterson, Jenny Strasburg and Jamila Trindle, U.S. regulators are investigating whether high-frequency traders are routinely distorting stock and futures...
View ArticleHigh Speed Traders Exploit Loophole of CME Computer System
High-speed traders are using a hidden facet of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s CME -1.13% computer system to trade on the direction of the futures market before other investors get the same...
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