High Frequency Trading

A Wild Ride to Profits

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The stock market’s recent wild swings have unsettled many investors, but they have led to record profits for high-frequency traders following months of disappointing returns, industry analysts and money managers said. Some traders interrupted August vacations to return to their computers amid the global panic that triggered steep market selloffs, sharp upward swings and then more selling. Traders don’t know how long the extreme volatility and elevated trading volumes will last—but they don’t want to miss out, said investors and Wall Street trade-execution managers. Full article provided by WSJ @: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904253204576510371408072058.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7011+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+US%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Are Computers Bringing Down The Stock Market?

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Any time something bad happens, we’re always looking for a reason why. Some would say that we’re always looking for someone or something to blame but our motives may simply be to make sense of a situation that feels like it’s spiraling out of control. The world’s financial markets have definitely felt that way as of late.   There’s plenty of blame to go around. Some people blame the Obama Administration while others like CNBC’s Jim Cramer say that the European banks are in the midst of their own 2008 and that is causing financial contagion worldwide. The blame doesn’t … Read more