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Speed and Market Efficiency: Competition Over Mandate?
When the speed of the price provider and the price taker are not in parity, the market becomes inefficient and seemingly unfair. We can mandate slower markets, a wider quote or faster technologies, or hold market professionals accountable and let competition run its course.
Take Heed The Lessons From The 1962 Flash Crash
The original Flash Crash occurred on May 28, 1962. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply in 20 minutes that day, with some stocks plummeting more than 9 percent in less than 12 minutes. The SEC launched an investigation, but its cause remains undetermined.
It's A Rich Man's World
Regulators are chasing the market with real-time market monitoring technology because they lack the budgets of banks and hedge funds.
Getting Institutional Customer Intimacy Right
The ability to deliver a robust broker-to-institutional client delivery channel has just not developed, says TABB Group’s Larry Tabb.
New Stock Regulations: Market Killer Or Savior?
In a blog to customers, Lightspeed Financial's CEO Steve Ehrlich concedes the SEC's proposals on circuit breakers and HFT quoting obligations are well intentioned, but cautions they may open a Pandora’s box of additional market friction.
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