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The Motley Fool
January 4, 2011
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How You Can Beat the Machines High-frequency trading isn't bulletproof. If you stick to your guns, you can still invest well against the best computer algorithms.   |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Taxing the Reckless Thoughts on a transaction tax. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) have introduced a bill called the Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Senator Leading the "Flash Crash" Charge Weighs In In what's being called the "flash crash" because of the role of high-frequency trading, close to $1 trillion in capital evaporated, followed by a sharp rebound, all within a span of 15 minutes. In this interview Senator Kaufman to discuss the flash crash and the conclusions he's drawing. |
Financial Advisor
October 2010
Leila B. Boulton |
The Fast And The Furious Are high-frequency traders running over investment advisors and their clients? |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Randall Dodd |
Opaque Trades Not all financial innovations increase efficiency. Here are three with questionable effects. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Who You Trade With Does Matter It's easy to think that one broker fits all, but nothing could be further from the truth. Take the time to get to know your brokerage options. Only then will you have the knowledge base to make your best choice. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Buy an ETF Without Reading This The flash crash spells big danger for ETFs. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
ETF Buyers: Read This or Lose Money Make sure you're getting what you're paying for. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2009
Jeff Ptak |
Advisors: Proceed With Caution When Using ETFs While they are a great tool, advisors must proceed cautiously when considering ETF strategies, such as bond ETFs and more exotic offerings, such as commodity tracking funds, leveraged ETFs and Exchange Traded Notes. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2011
Carl Resnick |
Like A Stock, But Different Advisors looking for cost-effective options for building diversified portfolios are continuing to turn to exchange-traded funds. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Nina Mehta et al. |
The Machines That Ate the Market Once upon a time, human beings oversaw the trading of stocks. They've been replaced by a complex system of computers that can produce a scary new kind of mechanized panic. An investigation into the crash of May 6. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2010
Brad Hessel |
ETFs Limit IPOs and Increase Risk? Not So Fast! A rebuttal to the Kauffman report on ETFs. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Behind the Scenes of the Market: How Hedge Funds Trade There are a million strategies hedge funds use to make money. Here are a few of the most common. |
BusinessWeek
November 11, 2010
Peter Coy |
Fixing American Finance The U.S. financial system is erratic and voracious, and keeps score in milliseconds. Here's how to rein in the beast. |
BusinessWeek
June 12, 2006
Emily Thornton |
Inside Wall Street's Culture Of Risk Investment banks are placing bigger bets than ever and beating the odds - at least for now. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
David Schneider |
The Microsecond Market Sophisticated technology now drives global financial trading to extremes of time and space |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
This Broker's Losing the Free-ETF Battle Interactive Brokers brings on dangerous leveraged ETFs with free commissions. |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
Tom Lydon |
Separating Myths From Facts There is plenty of evidence that the claims made against leveraged ETFs are false. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Tom Lydon |
ETFs and Liquidity: A Primer If you're an advisor concerned about liquidity in low-volume ETFs, you're not helpless. Among your options is using the services of alternate liquidity providers. |
CFO
November 1, 2011
Vincent Ryan |
Follow the Bouncing Stock Equity markets are more volatile than ever, and many observers say high-frequency trading is the reason. |
Financial Advisor
August 2010
Marla Brill |
Lessons From The 'Flash Crash' Were ETFs victims or culprits on May 6, when they were jolted more than other kinds of equities? |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2011
John Grgurich |
What Investors Need to Know About the Financial Transaction Tax High-frequency traders would bear the brunt. Reuters is reporting that two Democratic congressmen, Rep. Peter DeFazio and Sen. Tom Harkin, have each introduced a bill in their respective chambers that would impose a new tax on financial transactions. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2010
Nick Kapur |
Why Are Wall Street Computers Trying to Kill Us? Not even the Governator can stop this. Ninety-nine days out of 100, the widespread use of advanced technology isn't a problem. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2009
Stacy Schultz |
ETFs' Glory Days At a time when the market was swinging by hundreds of points a day, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offered a more secure alternative. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
You Can Invest in This Top-Tier Hedge Fund U.K. hedge fund manager Marshall Wace, which manages over $5 billion in assets, is effectively dropping membership requirements with the planned launch of an exchange-traded fund that will replicate one of its flagship strategies. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Nina Mehta |
Missing: The Stock Exchange Buyers of Last Resort While increased competition in stock trading has lowered costs, it may have made the markets more vulnerable to rapid price moves. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Brokers for Expert Investors Have you outgrown your brokerage account? When you're just getting started with investing, comparing brokerage firms is pretty easy. But when you go beyond the basics, you need a broker who provides more. |
BusinessWeek
November 11, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Mary L. Schapiro The chairman of the SEC on rolling out financial reform, reining in high-frequency trading, and ensuring the integrity of the markets. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Vaughan Scully |
What Trading Volume Says About ETFs Trading volume doesn't necessarily equal liquidity. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Simple Ways to Win With Large Caps Put together a great set of investments in just a few steps by using exchange traded funds. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010 |
Five Questions With Laura Morrison A short conversation with the head of the U.S. ETF Business at NYSE Euronext. |
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Matthew Hougan |
Shorting ETFs Gets Sold Short Although many advisors are reluctant to short exchange-traded funds (ETFs), it's important to remember that ETFs are less risky on the short side than individual stocks, as they are not susceptible to short squeezes. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Why I Sold My Only ETF Here, the author explains why he isn't the ETF investor he thought he could be. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005
Leola Ross |
Hedge Funds Are Suffering And How They Can Recover Some say hedge funds, which sprang into prominence and popularity in the wake of the 2000 stock market crash, are on the decline. But before we doom the entire hedge-fund industry, we need to examine what has gone awry and assess whether there is hope for the future. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Tom Lydon |
In The ETF Price War, Investors Win Advisors have many options for helping clients save on fees. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Leveraged ETFs Are Going Down Regulators want more disclosure about these funds. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Leveraged ETFs Pour Gasoline on the Volatility Fires By tapping external cash sources and buying derivatives alongside the index stocks, leveraged funds can really swing hard. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2011
David Schneider |
Financial Trading at the Speed of Light Technology has allowed the pace of financial trading to approach its theoretical limits |
Financial Advisor
October 2012
Marla Brill |
Don't Rule Out Smaller ETFs Many have unique investment methodologies that offer alternatives to traditional indexes. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2007
Emil Lee |
Is the Carry Trade for You? A carry trade can be defined as borrowing at a low interest rate and then lending at a higher rate. Because carry trades are at the mercy of the liquidity of the markets, they are highly risky. Investors, beware. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 19, 2007 |
Finding Liquidity in Derivatives Instruments Is Traders' Biggest Challenge Despite substantial growth in derivatives trading in recent years, much of equity derivatives volume is concentrated in the most-liquid contracts. |
Financial Advisor
August 2012
Marla Brill |
Fighting ETF Fires A new ETF trade group has formed to educate advisors, investors and the financial media. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Bring Your Investing Into the 21st Century If you haven't tried out ETFs in your portfolio, it's time to give them another try. For many investors, ETFs can make it easier to create the perfect mix of investments for any set of goals. |
Financial Advisor
February 2, 2009
Marla Brill |
Handle With Care Inverse and leveraged inverse ETFs can help battle a bear market, but you need to watch them carefully. |
Financial Advisor
February 2008
Marla Brill |
The Bond ETF Explosion The ETF space is getting crowded. The number of fixed-income exchange-traded funds has exploded to include both portfolios based on broad indexes as well as ETFs consisting of emerging market, municipal and high-yield securities. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Angel Ubide |
Demystifying Hedge Funds In an effort to soothe worries about transparency and supervision, public authorities are trying to develop new approaches to meet the public's need for financial system stability and investor protection while enabling investors to enjoy the benefits that hedge funds bring to financial markets. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These 5 Free Vanguard ETFs Make a Winning Portfolio What's the best way for ordinary investors to create a diversified portfolio using solely Vanguard ETFs? Here's one possible lineup. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Do These ETFs Work After All? Research suggests criticism of leveraged ETFs may be unfair. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Oil Play Will Burn You Commodity ETFs don't always work out the way you'd expect. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Vanguard Enters the Broker Wars The fund giant undercuts the competition and offers free ETFs. |
