GLITCH WATCH: The Month in Meltdowns

From safety valve errors to orders and promotions gone wild, the past fortnight was a proud period for protagonists of automating of capital markets -- or other industries.

Top 10 Off Exchange Stocks
Nearly 37% of all trading in equities in the United States took place off...
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Why NYSE’s ICE Age Has Arrived
How is it that an exchange operator less than two decades old acquiring one...
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RISE AND FALL OF STOCKS: The Decade in Volume
What equities markets seem to need is the jolt of another good financial...
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CRASH OF ’87: By The Numbers
The worst one-day crash in stock trading took place 25 years ago on October...
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Techies @ TradeTech West: The Gallery
Institutional traders, technologists and their arms suppliers met in San...
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August’s 10 Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks
August marks the end of the dog days of summer. Here’s a closer look at...
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The Wide (Weird) World of Indexes
Is there no end to the index phenomenon?
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August’s 10 Worst-Performing S&P 500 Stocks
August marks the end of the dog days of summer. Here’s a closer look at...
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