Commentary

Since the May 6 Flash Crash, there has been a beehive of regulatory activity that has drilled into the minutiae of the U.S. trading system. The concepts start to blur after a while--flash quotes,... Read more...

Nanex, a Winnetka, Ill.-based firm founded in 2000, has gained prominence recently for its insightful analysis of the May 6 Flash Crash. The company's flagship product is its NxCore, a real-time... Read more...

A lot of entities have been experimenting with near-field communications in ways that don't depend on smartphone makers adding the requisite NFC chips to handsets. Most companies used smart strips... Read more...

The release of the iPad has prompted some interesting questions about whether banks should develop customer applications for the device. Many offer iPhone apps, of course. And these will likely work... Read more...

The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act back in 2002 led to a lot of IT and other investments as companies sought to comply. We're likely in for a replay when it comes to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street... Read more...

The top exchanges have made market maker rules a high priority since the Flash Crash of May 6. The NYSE, Nasdaq and others will likely soon propose some new ones--perhaps within a few weeks--that aim... Read more...

The iPad is undeniably cool and popular. But so was the iPhone. Although it wasn't enough to end financial firms' preference for BlackBerries, especially on Wall Street, where the original... Read more...

We noted recently that some people think risk managers have been undervalued by Wall Street firms, perhaps even overlooked in the reform effort. But is that starting to change? It sure seems that... Read more...

There are definitely two camps when it comes to high-frequency trading. Some believe the practice represents significant risk to the capital markets. Others think it is a huge benefit to the markets.... Read more...

In the wake of the May 6 Flash Crash, the inability of the financial system to deconstruct events form a forensic point of view was exposed in glaring fashion. To rectify this, the SEC (SEC news) has... Read more...