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  • Regulators Are Slow to Act on Speed Traders
  • By Matthew Philips  |  @03-20-12
  • It's been almost two years since the "Flash Crash" of May 2010, when the Dow Jones plummeted 600 points in five minutes, only to gain most of it back over the next 20. In their after-action report (pdf) a few months later, the SEC and CFTC faulted high-frequency ...

  • The New Economics of Food
  • From Internet  |  @03-20-12
  • Agriculture is facing formidable challenges in the 21st century as there are more people than ever on Earth. Technology and private/public partnerships are just two of the factors that can help the agriculture sector keep pace with the world's growing demands for food. As of October 2011, the United Nations reported ...

  • The undoing of CME's Donohue
  • By Lynne Marek  |  @03-19-12
  • In 2003, Craig Donohue saw his opening and he took it. Only the year before, CME Group Inc. had gone public and many of the old-line traders were uncomfortable with the pace of change and the streamlining of the exchange's top-heavy governance system. Mr. Donohue, who had been quietly ...

  • CFTC Targets Rapid Trades
  • BY SCOTT PATTERSON  |  @03-19-12
  • BOCA RATON, Fla.—A top U.S. regulator said his agency plans to widen day-to-day monitoring of the commodities and futures markets, targeting the high-speed trading firms that are a growing force. Instead of just policing completed futures trades, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will seek to watch the fleeting buy ...

  • Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading
  • From Internet  |  @03-16-12
  • Part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with author Robert Harris whose fictional take on Wall Street, "The Fear Index," stresses the dangers of algorithm-driven, high-frequency trading. Category: News & Politics Tags: PBS NewsHour Paul Solman ...

  • CFTC Targets Rapid Trades
  • BY SCOTT PATTERSON,  |  @03-16-12
  • BOCA RATON, Fla.—A top U.S. regulator said his agency plans to widen day-to-day monitoring of the commodities and futures markets, targeting the high-speed trading firms that are a growing force. Instead of just policing completed futures trades, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will seek to watch the fleeting buy ...

  • Investing in Commodities with ETFs
  • From Internet  |  @03-16-12
  • As an individual investor, you may be interested in investing in commodities to diversify your portfolio. Investing in tangible assets such as oil, gold, silver, corn, and soybeans can offer diversification benefits. Commodities can also provide some protection from inflation. But how do you invest in this market? Buying gold bars or ...

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