Entries Tagged as 'markets'

Just Another Manic Monday

April 18th, 2011 · 6 Comments · breaking news, fail, loller dollar, markets

Just another manic Monday as S&P revises US outlook to negative.

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The Bots Think “Anne Hathaway In The Berkshires” Is Financial News

March 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · markets

If your company (Berkshire Hathaway) shares part of its name with a celebrity (Anne Hathaway), will trading algorithms be confused?

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Nasdaq Hacked, Sorta

February 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · markets

Nashaq! Word came out yesterday that Nasdaq found some unwanted files on one of their servers late last year, and no, I’m not talking about naked pictures of Maria Bartiromo: Computer hackers have breached the systems of the company that runs the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York but did not penetrate the part of [...]

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Technical Indicators: Oh, The Huge Manatee

August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · markets

Reuters tells us all about the “Hindenburg Omen” technical indicator: Named after the zeppelin disaster that took place over Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937, the pattern is a “rare but potent” sell signal, said Jay Shartsis, director of option trading at R.F. Lafferty & Co. For this to be activated, it requires at least 2.2 [...]

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Robots Will Bankrupt Us All

July 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · markets, regulatin

Tyler Durden (if that’s his real name) over at Zero Hedge brings us, as he so often does, a light-hearted and amusing look at the hilarity of the market. Or, specifically, how every major firm has their own Skynet and are each trying to out-Skynet everyone else, illegally. Awesome. Recently we posted a required reading [...]

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