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. Examiner Sees Accounting Gimmicks in Lehman Demise
3. Author Michael Lewis Equates Wall Street Bonuses with 'Theft'
4. Post-Crisis, Banks Paying Close Attention to Vendor Risk When Choosing Tech Partners
5. Buffett Kept Distance from Lehman
6. BOX Moves to Equinix NY4 Data Center in Secaucus, New Jersey
7. Fully Compliant Social Networking Site For Financial Professionals Launches
8. LSE Sells 9% of Turquoise to 3 Global Banks
9. CBOE Files for $300 Million IPO
10. High-Frequency Traders Confident as CFTC Ramps Up Scrutiny