Tag: cross-asset

The Buck Stops At The Brokerage In Key West there is a famous cat show on the waterfront at sunset where the trainer (yes, cats can be trained) gives his performers their signals and they rush to slowly do his bidding. He says to them, often: "Hurry up, take your time." Such is the nature of...

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The Progress Team March 04, 2011

The Trouble with Algorithms: Wild Children or Reckless Parents?

Algorithms and high frequency trading have been blamed for everything from the credit crisis to the May 6th flash crash and high speed market abuse, and have attracted unwanted interest from regulators on both sides of the pond. But questions remain whether these tools are really computer models gone...

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The Progress Team February 07, 2011

Calming 'Regulation Anxiety'

There is a new kind of emotional disorder going around the financial markets - the previously unnamed fear of something ominous now that new financial rules have been laid down. Let's call it regulation anxiety.

Regulation anxiety has led to all sorts of new types of behavior in banks...

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The Progress Team December 13, 2010

Algos Go Global - How Do I Get a Ticket to Brazil?

Carnival, or Carnaval as it's spelled in Portuguese, runs through the weekend of February 21^st this year in Brazil. Who do you think might be there? Turns out it’s U.S. President Obama, in the form of...

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The Progress Team February 13, 2009

From Boston to Davos to Cross-Asset Trading

Cold, snow, and crossing boundaries of all kinds turned out to be the theme for the week of January 26th. One such boundary crossing is cross-asset trading, where counter-party risk can leave traders out in the cold, fast. Cross-asset trading, especially including multi-legged...

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The Progress Team February 02, 2009