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TGIF: What Is That Banker Looking At?
February 05, 2010 @ 09:46 AM | By Melanie Rodier

An oblivious investment banker is looking at pictures of model Miranda Kerr without realizing he's been caught on the local news...Check out this Break.com video around 1'05"...

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Using the Super Bowl to Predict Markets
February 05, 2010 @ 07:14 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

Strange as it may sound, there are some who say the Super Bowl winner may be a good indicator of where the stock market is headed. But also remember, one economist drew a correlation between the amount of butter being produced in Bangladesh and the performance of the markets. My take? There probably isn’t any truth to it. More likely, these correlations just give us journalists something to blog about. Mark Hulbert of Dow Jones MarketWatch discusses the correlations.

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Low-Latency Not Required: Trading Stock for Food
February 05, 2010 @ 07:12 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

The famous New York steakhouse Smith & Wollensky's is allowing patrons to trade stock for food. A stock certificate for a share of Goldman Sachs will likely get you a juicy porterhouse or two. A share of Citi? Maybe a half a baked potato, according to this amusing audio clip from American Public Media

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Algos Gone Wild (video)
February 03, 2010 @ 11:57 AM | By Melanie Rodier

In this video clip, Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of TABB Group, talks to Advanced Trading editor-in-chief Kerry Massaro about how likely it really is that an algo could go wild and bring down the market. He also focuses on new trends in the algorithmic trading space, including how new algos are now trying to execute blocks.

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