Opinions

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  Kerry Massaro
  Trading Candor
  Buy-side trading desks can seem a bit mysterious - even to other buy-side traders.
• Time to Swap Your OMS?
  Mention Regulation NMS and order management system (OMS) in the same breath, and technology suppliers will seize the opportunity to explain that firms on the buy and sell sides need new functionality to compete in a more-automated trading environment.
• Liquidity Seekers
  With the markets continuously being reshaped, in retrospect, it's surprising that it took this long for the new role of liquidity strategist to emerge on Wall Street.
• NYSE Euronext Courts Other Exchanges
  If you think the NYSE-Euronext linkup is only about creating synergies between the U.S. and European securities and derivatives markets, then you are mistaken.
• Dark Is Hot. But Is It Good?
  Dark pools are all the rage. Those opaque matching venues where large blocks meet seem to be on everyone's hit parade.

Blog

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  Gregory MacSweeney
  Michael Lewis’ “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” If you ranked the people who are the most disliked by Wall Street executives, Michael Lewi...
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