VIX…..Again
As to be expected the VIX has spiked by levels of “fear” remain below the levels seen at the peak of the GFC.
Its Friday
From New Scientist Dave the dolphin whistles, and his friend Alan whistles back. We can’t yet decipher their calls, but some of the time Dave may be calling: “Alan! Alan! Alan! Alan!”
DetailsHFT – A Bit More Background
I must admit my view of HFT has ranged from ambivalence – its simply technology moving on to mild annoyance at what looks like a sophisticated of front running that brokers have been practising since time began. To try and get a better handle on what the impact of HFT is I revisted this transcript…
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As opposed to 5000 fat bogans turning up the opening of a furniture store selling $1 hot dogs we have some really clever buggers doing some really clever things Bet you that you wont see this one the evening news . PS; Click on the pic to get an insight into the science of bogans
DetailsSurvival Of The Stupid
Need I say more……
Why Do This?
In the past I have written about prediction and the fact that we are absolutely crap at predicting the future. Despite this and despite the ease with which people are held to account for their predictions we still get this sort of stuff. This graphic tracks the predictions about the price of oil made by…
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In recent years, advances in telecommunications, computing capacity and financial software platform capabilities have seen huge growth in the field of High Frequency and Algorithmic Trading (now accounting for over 70% of all equity trades placed on US exchanges and in excess of 77% in the UK). HFT firms (which can often make more than 80…
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On Monday, January 21, 2008, concerns about deteriorating economic conditions in the United States caused a precipitous fall in the Asian markets. Investors in Hong Kong and Tokyo besieged brokerage firms. Markets in the United States happened to be closed, for the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday, but U.S. stock-futures trading in foreign markets showed…
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