Content posted in July 2009
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TGIF: The Poetic Beauty of Palin's Tweets
Sarah Palin's Twitter tweets can be poetic, but only when read by The Captain, William Shatner. The Tonight Show's Conan O'Brien brings in Shatner to read Palin's tweets verbatim. The result is a strange free verse that Shatner takes to a new level.
Michael Lewis "Defends" Goldman; Spinal Tap Performs
Michael Lewis speaks for all of Goldman Sachs when he says, "America stands at a crossroads, and Goldman Sachs now owns both of them." And Spinal Tap makes an appearance on the Daily Show
Michael Lewis Clears Up Misconceptions About Goldman
In a Bloomberg article, Bashing Goldman Sachs Is Simply a Game for Fools, Liar's Poker author Michael L
Bloomberg Tradebook Gives Traders Auto-Pilot Mode
B-smart algorithm can now automatically decide whether orders should be placed aggressively, passively or reactively.
The Misconceptions Around Flash Orders
BATS CEO Joe Ratterman points out that some of the recently hyped allegations surrounding flashed orders are unfounded, and allude to seemingly scandalous behavior.
Wall Street Pays Its Data Gurus Modestly, Survey Finds
Most data managers on Wall Street make $150,000 to $200,000, according to a survey by SIIA/FISD and LakeFrontData.
Savvis Expands NYC-Area Colocation Facility for Proximity Hosting
Hosting provider adds 105,00 square feet to respond to growing demand for proximity hosting and internet infrastructure services, along with low latency connectivity to major financial exchanges.
Ruth Madoff Faces Lawsuit From Picard to Recover $48 Million
Complaint charges that funds were transferred directly to Ruth Madoff from Bernard Madoff's securities business during the past six years or to companies that she was an investor in.
Northern Trust Beefs Up Risk Monitoring
Lets clients keep a wary eye on credit, liquidity, concentration and regulatory risk.
Charles River Development Integrates Access to UBS Perimeter Algorithm
UBS Perimeter allows Charles River IMS clients to work orders in the market based on a variety of desired parameters and urgency levels.
Bloomberg Tradebook Enhances B-SMART
The enhancement -- B-SMART AUTO -- seeks to statistically do what a trader does - make an assessment of a stock's probable price path using a variety of inputs such as activity on the tape, volatility of the stock, bid/offer spread, as well as peer group and sector analysis.
KAS Bank Joins FxAll As New Liquidity Provider
European bank chooses FxAll to provide sophisticated strategies to client base of major pension funds and asset managers.
Clouds Won’t Cover Wall Street Until Compatibility Improves, Intel Exec Says
Internal clouds won't be truly feasible for Wall Street and other technology-intense industries until the vendor community provides interoperability, says Thomas M. Kilroy at Intel.
Senator Schumer Calls for Ban on "Flash Orders"
New York Senator Charles Schumer is weighing in on the use of flash orders by high frequency traders, and even asking the SEC to ban the practice.
ISITC Finalized New OTC Derivatives Market Practice
New standards to improve automated communications between investment managers and third parties.
Charles River Integrates Access to UBS Perimeter Algorithm
Charles River offers clients enhanced algorithmic trading strategies targeting US auctions, imbalances, and sessions outside regular market hours.
Calypso Integrates Financial Libraries to Offer Standard Fixed Income Analytics
Calypso Integrates Financial Libraries to Offer Standard Fixed Income Analytics
ISITC Finalizes New OTC Derivatives Practice
ISITC Finalizes New OTC Derivatives Practice
BofA/Merrill Rolls Out New Options Algorithms
Offering new sweeps and iceberging to institutional equity and options traders and broker dealers.
CME CEO Cautions CFTC on Position Limits for Energy Futures Trading
CME CEO Cautions CFTC On Position Limits for Energy Futures Trading
BondDesk Ventures into Market Data Business with Excel Interface
Draws on live Treasury prices from BondDesk ATS and TechHacker's library of add-in calcuations for Excel.
Eurex Clearing Partners With Calypso For OTC Derivatives Central Clearing
Eurex's new OTC derivatives clearing service aims to improve market stability by enhancing transparency and regulatory reporting as well as reducing systemic risk.
Scottrade Builds Fat Pipe from Phoenix Data Center to St. Louis HQ
The online trading firm is working with Qwest to build long-distance MPLS connections to accelerate online trading, market research data delivery and overall operations performance.
Active Traders Remain Neutral or Bullish, Reports TraderPlanet.com
The social networking site's survey showed that 92 percent of traders and investors view current market opportunities as opportunity and not a threat.
Currensee Appoints David Lemont as CEO
CEO tapped to lead growth of forex trading social network.
Xtreme Data Debuts Fast Database for Analytics
Using its FPGA hardware accelerator chips to process SQL queries in hardware at thousands of rows per second, the dbX is said to give risk managers, algo traders, and quants looking for patterns in market data a way to get answers to questions more quickly.
The End Of Wall Street: Why It Happened
Chapter two of this WSJ series takes a look at what was going through the minds of CEOs, corporate boards, fund managers and mortgage lenders as they created hard-to-understand derivatives Warren Buffett once called "weapons of financial mass destruction."
TGIF: China Celebrates Status As World's Number One Air Polluter
Proud that its industries are growing fast and producing more greenhouse gases along the way, China partied today. Festivities included the 100 Widow Smog Dance, The Onion reports.
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Exclusive: Inside the GETCO Execution Services Trading Floor
Advanced Trading takes you on an exclusive tour of the New York trading floor of GETCO Execution Services, the solutions arm of GETCO.
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