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Robot trading blamed for wild swings in markets

Business, Economics and Jobs

Series of wild swings in financial markets in recent weeks blamed on high-frequency trading by computers.

Bob Diamond Steps Down Over Barclays Scandal

Conflict & Justice

Top of the Hour: Fed Will Not Raise Interest Rates, Morning Headlines

The World

Why Stock Traders Worry About European Banks

Business, Economics and Jobs

Mechanical Traders May Be Partly to Blame for Market Fluctuations

Europe Considers Banning Short Sales on Stocks

European Securities and Market Authority is considering recommending a temporary ban on negative bets against stocks. The ban would be temporary to ease this period of market volatility.  This comes on the heels of escalating financial concerns in Europe. The European markets are down this morning in reaction to a report showing Greek unemployment at 16.6 […]

Top of the Hour: Fed to Keep Interest Rates at Record Low, Morning Headlines

After a wild and volatile day of trading, the stock market experienced its largest single-day gain yesterday since May 2010 as investors responded to the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will keep interest rates at a record low “at least through mid-2013.”

The World

Greek Economy’s Impact on World Markets

Business, Economics and Jobs

In discussing the troubled Greek economy’s effect on U.S. markets, Standard & Poor’s equity market strategist Alec Young told the AP that “There’s no easy answers or they would have found them by now. Marcus Mabry and Louise Story discuss.

Casualties of Low Interest Rates: Savers

[waitingforcorrection: no audio attached, invalid GUID] Interest rates have been at rock bottom since 2008, to try and give the slumping economy a boost. With the country in the worst recession since the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve’s plan was to keep interest rates close to zero percent to promote investing and borrowing from people. […]

The World

Music to invest by

Arts, Culture & Media

Phil Maymin, a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, studied decades of Billboard Hot 100 hits and discovered that songs with more consistent beats tend to be popular just before periods of high volatility in the stock market.