Crude Projections
Violence is erupting all over the Middle East. The U.S. government said that it will not make a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. So why isn’t Crude skyward bound? If you ask some, it may...
View ArticleHFT Banging the Natural Gas Beehive
High frequency trading gets knocked – and defended – on a regular basis these days. So far, we haven’t come down on one side or the other, largely because HFT has primarily been a phenomenon in the...
View ArticleHigh-Frequency Traders: Better, or Just Faster?
Twitter, despite its reputation for occasionally spreading fake stories, remains one of the best ways to keep tabs on the latest news, financial or otherwise. And this morning, a handful of tweets from...
View ArticleContrarian Currents for Trend Following?
A couple of weeks ago, we published a newsletter called “Is Trend Following Dead?” We don’t believe it is, but the piece has generated a great deal of conversation in investing circles. Perhaps the...
View ArticleHow to Win Enemies and Influence Markets
High-Frequency Traders can’t seem to catch a break – in public opinion, that is. Wherever they go, they are blamed for all manner of ills in the market. To be fair, they haven’t done a very good job...
View ArticleNot All Liquidity is Created Equal
When defenders of High-Frequency Trading (HFT) argue that they’re providing liquidity to markets, it always makes us grimace. The main reason for this is that we often hear the same argument made to...
View ArticleHFT’s Biggest Foe? The Laws of Physics
It’s no secret that we’re not the world’s biggest fans of high-frequency trading (HFT). Ultra-fast algos scalping pennies off of trades isn’t that big of a concern for trend followers, most of whom...
View ArticleWeekend Reads
Happy first day of summer to you all! For those of who don’t know, today is also recognized as summer solstice. That means there will be more sunlight today than any other day in 2013. That’s nearly 15...
View ArticleWeekend Reads
As we head into this holiday weekend commemorating our labor force, with friends, family, and barbeques, all eyes and ears are on Syria. Today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced there is...
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Weekend Reads ICE Unveils Details of Plans to Combine London Futures Exchanges – (Wall Street Journal) Brakes on High-Speed Futures Trades Would Do Harm, Industry Says – (Business Week) Has the Dollar...
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