Are Average Investors Getting Bilked by Wall Street Supercomputers?
While high-frequency trading has propped up volume in the market, the method rewards shortsighted investors looking to make a quick profit
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Google+ Hangout: Are Retailers Watching Our Every Move?
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For better or for worse, consumers have gotten used to the idea of being tracked online. Retailers and other businesses have many methods at their disposal to see …
Home Sales, Prices Rise: Is Housing Finally Ready to Lead a Recovery?
During each of the previous three recessions, the American economy was powered back to full strength largely on the back of the housing market. There are many ways in which this recession and recovery are unique, but the lack of …
Private Eyes: Are Retailers Watching Our Every Move?
Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have a lot going for them these days. On the one hand, high unemployment and stagnant wage growth is sapping the purchasing power of the average consumer, and on the other, the rise …
Ben Bernanke’s Heavy Artillery: Will Open-Ended Bond Buying Drive Down Unemployment?
Ben Bernanke and made an open-ended commitment yesterday to purchase mortgage-backed securities at a rate of $40 billion per month, aiming to inflate asset prices and pump fresh credit into the economy. The move answers critics …
Bain Capital, Private Equity Firms Accused of Price Fixing in Lawsuit
Mitt Romney’s presidential run has had the ancillary effect of increasing scrutiny of the private equity industry. After all, Romney founded the private equity outfit Bain Capital, and has built his case for the presidency in …
Four Years After Bailout, We’re No Closer to a Coherent Housing Policy
Last week marked the fourth anniversary of the federal government’s takeover of the government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And while the Wall Street and auto industry bailouts get the most attention, …
Payroll Day Blues: Economy Adds Just 96,000 Jobs in August
The Democratic party spent all week (and millions of dollars) trying to convince voters to return President Obama to office in November. But perhaps the most important set piece — the August employment situation report — was …
Amid Public Backlash, Bankers Maintain Influence in Washington
Wall Street isn’t the most popular industry in America right now. A poll conducted last fall by the Washington Post and ABC News found that 70% of the country viewed financial institutions on Wall Street unfavorably — and that …
Report: New York AG Investigates Private Equity Tax Loophole
The impending 2012 election has put tax law at the very center of the national conversation, but not all of the talk has been strictly about whether the rich should be paying more taxes. It has also focused on more esoteric …
Is U.S. Economic Growth a Thing of the Past?
The U.S. and economic growth have consistently gone hand in hand. The country’s history has consistently been accompanied by economic progress, and since the end of World War II, the U.S. economy has averaged GDP growth of more …
Bernanke Stands Pat: No New QE (For Now)
While most Americans have their minds squarely fixed on beach and barbecue plans this weekend, market participants had their eyes an ears affixed to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech this morning in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The …