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The Cure For Stock Market Fragmentation – Themis Trading

01Jun, 2015The Cure For Stock Market Fragmentation·The WSJ has an op-ed today titled “The Cure for Stock-Market Fragmentation: More Exchanges” which was written by Jonathan Macey (a Yale law professor) and David Swensen (Yale’s Chief Investment Officer).  The article tackles what we believe is the number one problem with the US equity market: fragmentation.  The authors sum up this problem in a […]

WFE World Stock Market Capitalization – Business Insider

Carpe DiemIt’s well-known that the U.S. stock market breached all-time record levels repeatedly in recent months.
But what about the rest of the world?According to new data from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the combined market cap of the world’s major stock markets hit an all-time high in November.We first read about this on Professor Mark Perry’s Carpe Diem blog. […]

Press Release – The New York Stock Exchange

News Releases

NYSE Euronext U.S. Options Exchanges to Begin Trading Options on TWTR Friday, November 15

-Will Be Added to Weekly Option Series
NEW YORK, November 12, 2013 – NYSE Euronext U.S. Options today announced that its NYSE Amex ; and NYSE Arca options exchanges intend to begin trading options on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) at the market open on Friday, November 15. ; […]

Stock Trading: The Deadly Enemies – Greed, Fear and Hope

Jesse Livermore described the emotions of hope, greed and fear at various times as:* The speculator’s chief enemies* His natural foes* The speculator’s deadly enemiesLivermore’s views on hope and fear lie at the heart of successful trading. He describes how traders fail when they allow hope of recovery to prevent them cutting their losses and fear of losing a small […]