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William O’Brien, Infamous CEO Of BATS, Has Left The Firm
Remember when IEX' Brad Katsuyama swept the floor with BATS CEO Bill O'Brien, exposing him as a liar on national TV in his spirited defense of HFT and an "unrigged market"? Well, Bill has just left the...
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The Panic Containment Team Speaks: Ebola Poses "Little Risk" To The US, CDC...
In the aftermath of the news from the past week that at least two US citizens have been infected with the Ebola virus, a very unpleasant if nagging question has appeared: can the virus spread to the...
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The "Most Significant Danger" According To Elliott’s Paul Singer
While we have 'joked' about it in the past, Elliott Management's Paul Singer believes "there is one risk that stands way above the rest in terms of the scope of potential damage adjusted for the...
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"Ebola Spins Out Of Control"– Latest News Roundup
Here are the latest news on the worst Ebola epidemic in history. Ebola death toll rises to 826 as outbreak spins out of control Second American with Ebola to return Tuesday Doctor in Nigeria's largest...
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Frontrunning: August 6
So that's what Obama meant by "costs" - Italy Recession, German Orders Signal Euro-Area Struggle (BBG) Russia worries, weak German data weigh on Europe (Reuters) Hedge Funds Betting Against Banco...
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Micro-Structure & Exchanges: A Complicated Relationship
This past Tuesday, news hit that BATS Global Markets was in the process of settling with the Securitues and Exchange Comission on the claim that Direct Edge provided unfair perks to certain high...
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Dozens Of Flash-Crashes – Including AAPL – As BATS Breaks
It was just Friday when a pithy Bob Pisani noted that investor confidence in markets is up because there have been no market malfunctions recently... he spoke too soon. As Nanex's Eric Hunsader...
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…And The Market Breaks (Again)
Surprise... *BATS: ROUTING TO NASDAQ OPTIONS MKT SUSPENDED AS OF 11:06:07 ET *BATS INVESTIGATING OPTIONS MKT ISSUE *NOM ISSUES WITH OPRA DATA IN SYMBOL RANGE HD-HO *BX OPTIONS ISSUES WITH OPRA DATA IN...
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S&P Closes Above 2000 For First Time On Lowest Volume Day Of Year
For the last 2 weeks, the US Dollar has surged - hitting new 13-month highs today amid JPY and EUR weakness - and for the last 2 weeks, US stock and bond markets have rallied (leaving 30Y yields...
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Ebola Pandemic Update: Probable Cases In Brazil And Paris, 7 More Isolated In...
Despite claims of containment, Reuters reports seven more people turned themselves in late on Thursday to an Ebola isolation unit in Madrid; but following a visit by PM Rajoy, Spanish citizens can...
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Ebola And The Five Stages Of Collapse
Submitted by Dmitry Orlov via ClubOrlov blog, At the moment, the Ebola virus is ravaging three countries - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - where it is doubling every few weeks, but singular cases...
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Meanwhile In Kiev…
Not satisfied with fighting pro-Russian separatists, Ukrainians are fighting among themselves in Kiev. As RT reports, Kiev police deployed additional forces around the parliament building after a group...
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And The Market Breaks For The First Time Today
Anyone who predicted that the first market to break today (because breaking markets are now a daily thing) would be DirectEdge around 10:30 am, wins a Zero Hedge hat. We will be lucky if the failure of...
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Ebola 2014 Is Mutating As Fast As Seasonal Flu
Yesterday we reported that according to Peter Jahrling of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease - one of the top authorities in the world on Ebola - and who is on the front lines...
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Equity Levitation Stumbles After Second ECB Denial Of Corporate Bond Buying,...
A day after a Reuters headline blast proclaimed that, in a stunning turn of events, the ECB which has barely started buying covered bond (of countries like Germany today for example, because the record...
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AAPL Among 338 Nasdaq Stocks That Are "Broken" This Morning
The US stock market is open... so at least one exchange must be broken. Sure enough, as Nanex notes, NYSE Arca and BATS had "issues" this morning as 338 symbols stopped reporting trades between 1018ET...
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The Day The Market Crashed – The Sequel
Via Joe Saluzzi and Sal Arnuk of Themis Trading, In August 2013, the Nasdaq SIP broke and trading in Nasdaq stocks was halted for 3 hours. Yesterday, at 1:07 PM ET, the NYSE SIP broke but trading...
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How The Petrodollar Quietly Died, And Nobody Noticed
Two years ago, in hushed tones at first, then ever louder, the financial world began discussing that which shall never be discussed in polite company - the end of the system that according to many has...
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Head Of "Holy Grail" HFT Firm Chief To Become President Of HFT-Beloved BATS...
Remember Virtu: the "holy grail" HFT firm that epically Plaxicoed itself when, as part of its IPO prospectus, it effectively confirmed it was rigging markets when it showed a chart boasting that it had...
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And The Market Breaks (Again)!
Prepare yourself for a zero liquidity event... *BATS OPTIONS DECLARES SELF-HELP AGAINST CBOE
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