Opinions

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  Greg MacSweeney
  Low-Latency Technology Outpacing Programmers’ Capabilities
  As Wall Street turns to multicore processors to handle growing data volumes and reduce latency, firms are having a hard time finding programmers with expertise in writing code for parallel processing applications.
• Quants Are Taking the Fun Out of Investing
  Quants are Wall Street's version of the highly-efficient and near emotionless NFL scoring machine: the New England Patriots.
• Larry Tabb Predicts Financial Trends for 2008
  Larry Tabb of TABB Group discusses the trends that, although not new, will gain significance in the coming year.
• Trading Candor
  Buy-side trading desks can seem a bit mysterious - even to other buy-side traders.
• 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.

Blog

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  Gregory MacSweeney
  Low-Latency Not Required: Trading Stock for Food
• Algos Gone Wild (video)

1. 10 Trends That Are Reshaping the Wall Street Back Office
2. Hedge Fund Dinner Party Sparks U.S. Euro Probe
3. Buy-Side And Sell-Side Firms Focus On Data Quality And Consistency
4. Steve Ballmer: Microsoft Is "Betting Our Company" On The Cloud
5. Analysis: AIG's Derivatives Trades Go Back Decades
6. CFTC Wants 'Eddie Murphy' Rule in Senate Bill
7. JP Morgan's EcoSecurities Closes U.S. Office
8. Direct Access Partners Enhances Multi-Prime Offering for Hedge Funds
9. Wells Fargo Wealth Chief Wants 10,000 More Advisers
10. Configurable 'Ticker Processors' Accelerate Automated Trading