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Study finds small investors losing out to computers
Bob Moon Dec 4, 2012
A new report finds high-frequency traders are profiting at the expense of the little guy.
Thrills and spills of high speed trading
Stephen Beard Oct 23, 2012
It’s fast and furious, and highly controversial. High-frequency trading is the computer–based buying and selling of shares within fractions of a milli-second. A new study just out in Britain suggests this kind of trading is mostly beneficial.
Astrology guides some financial traders
Heidi N. Moore Oct 30, 2012
When the moon is in the seventh house, what’s a Wall Street trader to do? Pay some $300 for a financial astrology newsletter -- to go with stock charts.
Oil prices slide, and the search for an explanation is on
Adriene Hill Sep 18, 2012
When oil prices fell sharply, the search for an explanation became almost as big a story as the slide itself. Unexplained fluctuations in markets have begun to reveal the anxiety left behind by 2008's financial crisis.
Questions linger over dropping oil prices
Jeff Horwich Sep 18, 2012
Mid-day yesterday oil prices dropped three dollars in about a minute -- and they have kept falling ever since.
Stock trading glitch spooks investors again
Heidi N. Moore Aug 2, 2012
Knight Capital’s faulty software sent trading haywire and could sink the brokerage firm. Is technology helping or hurting investor confidence?
Trading in economic data
Kai Ryssdal Jul 17, 2012
The government has tightened security around release of labor department data on fears that high frequency traders may may access it illegally.
JPMorgan discloses $4.4 billion in trading losses
Heidi N. Moore Jul 13, 2012
JPMorgan Chase has just released its quarterly earnings report, and the big number to report is: $4.4 billion. That's the new estimate for the size of JPMorgan's loss from risky trading bets.
Are Americans losing faith in the stock market?
Jeff Horwich Jun 20, 2012
Three hearings in Washington today, all dealing with the idea of trust in the stock markets: Specifically, why ordinary U.S. investors don't have much right now.
High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?
Dave Lauer May 21, 2012
Commentator Dave Lauer worked in high-frequency trading until he had a crisis of conscience.
