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What is High Frequency Trading and Who’s To Gain From HFT?

October 11, 2012

Usually the traditional long-term investors wait until stock market crashes to come after the high-frequency traders with torches and pitchforks.  So it’s unusual to see stories attacking high-frequency trading (HFT) just as equity markets are [...]

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Bear and Bull Markets Explained: What is a Bull Market and Are We In One Now?

October 9, 2012

Two of the most commonly spouted terms in describing our financial markets are “bullish” and “bearish,” but unfortunately there is not a purely objective description of what these terms actually mean for investors and for [...]

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