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What to do about the consolidated tape?
The consolidated tape has been a staple of Wall Street since it was launched in 1976. For many years, it was the definitive source of information about trades as close to real-time as possible. But... Read more...
What's it really like working as a top quant at Goldman Sachs?
Antonio Garcia-Martinez was a PhD physics student at Berkeley when Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) got its hooks in him. He ended up signing on as a pricing quant on Goldman's credit and equity trading... Read more...
RIAs embrace iPad, iPhone
In some ways, tablets and smartphones seem tailor-made for brokerages and RIAs. We're seeing more roll out apps for their clients. But we're seeing even more sophisticated tools that will allow... Read more...
Bank of America trial: Banks to seize control of mobile payments course?
We've long suggested banks need to get more aggressive when it comes to controlling the development of mobile payments technologies in the United States. For the most part, they seem to be less of a... Read more...
New Jersey rises as less glitzy exchange center
The march of progress continues toward ... New Jersey. Manhattan is still the financial center. But the exchange center of the financial services industry has definitely moved across the river. The... Read more...
Cloud computing rises at all levels
When it comes to cloud computing, definitions vary across a range of technologies. As the marketing imperative grows, so do the varieties of definition. There's a lot of ways to segment... Read more...
Flash Crash concerns in the commodities; Infinium being probed
The stock market isn't the only market pondering high-frequency trading and its impact. Such trading is also a huge issue in the commodities market, where some striking volatility hit on February 3,... Read more...
Also Noted
> Algo traders thriving in range-bound market? Article
> Fat finger error hits London. Article
> Deutsche Bank launches dark pool. Article
> HSBC embraces Facebook for competition. Article
> RIAs embrace iPad, iPhone. Article
> Spain gets ready for local MTF. Article
> A portrait of high-frequency traders. Article
> Norwegians go to jail for quote stuffing. Article
And finally ... Apple's file patent for iPhone anti-theft tool. Article
