In English football (soccer) an "own goal" is when a player scores against his own team (usually accidentally). Sports videos and books are full of own goal blunders and the players almost never live them down. The term has become synonymous with anything that backfires upon the perpetrator. So when...
The following is an excerpt from Dr. John Bates’ recent commentary on HuffingtonPost, which discusses the current state of high frequency trading.
After three years of severe market volatility, and a jaw-dropping flash...
There have been some heated public debates recently about the kind of liquidity that is being provided by high frequency trading. In an earlier post on Tabb Forum Candyce Edelen from Propel Growth asks if HFTs provide liquidity or do they just provide volume?
Liquidity is bread and butter for...