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Rick Sherlund returns to sell-side
Rick Sherlund was once the uber-stock analyst when it came to software companies.
The former Goldman Sachs analyst commanded the respect and attention of the entire industry, to which he had instant access. Like so many other sell-side analysts--journalists and others--he heard the siren call
Transaction tax still not going away
The battle over a tax on stock transactions is not going away. In this season of budgetary woe, you can understand why the political machinery is taking a strong look at this, which some have calculated could raise up to $175 billion a year.
The Economix blog takes a look at both sides of
Meredith Whitney to start her own firm
You've got to strike while the iron is hot. For Meredith Whitney, who used the financial crisis to storm her way to stardom has announced she will step down at Oppenheimer and start her own firm. Reuters says the name of the firm will bear her name. One fair question is what kind of firm will
Lazard Capital employees charged in gift probe
Lazard Capital Markets, which spun off from Lazard, has been charged with failure to supervise three employees who allegedly spent more than $800,000 improperly entertaining traders at Fidelity in an effort to win trading volume. Recall that a few Fidelity employees have already been charged with
Can everyone be wrong?
Back when the subprime crisis had not fully bloomed, there were a few brave souls who were convinced--absolutely!--that the mortgage edice was about to crash. You can imagine the pitch meetings. They were likely derided as delusional. You can almost hear the argument: "So you mean t
Buyside moving to tap more trading venues
We're witnessing an explosion in trading options these days that has led to growing concerns on the buyside about fragmentation and the thought that perhaps good trading opportunities are being missed. Fidelity Capital Market Services, the trading arm of the fund giant, has moved to provide broad
SPOTLIGHT: Buyside Research Efforts
From the buyside point of view, there's so much research to contend with that keeping it all straight is a chore. Which is why the TowerGroup expects a lot more spending on technologies to make it all the easier to use. Article
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The next major Wall Street scandal?
Business Week says this is an open secret on Wall Street: Prime brokers with access to information on big trades are tipping off their other traders and their hedge fund clients, allowing
More on dark pools and trading
The rise of dark pools has been noted by many. Such execution services now handle about 10 percent of all shares traded each day. They sport cool names like Liquidnet, Sigma X, VortEx and the
SPOTLIGHT: Electronic Forex Trading
It's hard to argue with the logic of electronic trading, which seems to be the future of every market. The latest example comes from the forex market, where half of all buyside trades are now
