RISE AND FALL OF STOCKS: The Shape of Trading, 2012

Investing in stocks became almost a national pastime in the 1990s and the start of this century. Then came the credit crisis, the Flash Crash, high unemployment and fast trading that seemed to favor mathematicians rather than investors.

Here’s how the shape of equities trading in America has changed since 1990.

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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