High-Frequency Trading & the History of Our Markets

Do you mean to say we are still talking about HFT and what to do about it? Perhaps only those old enough to remember when books and records were handwritten by real people, and trades were executed manually, realize what has really happened to our financial system and how it transpired. Of course, whenever something […]

Financial Education & the 2008 Crisis

Does anyone remember the call for financial education in the wake of the 2008 crisis? Most notably, Dr. Shiller, the Nobel Laureate economist, was perhaps the most vocal in calling for the investing public to become better educated. The basic premise was that a well-educated public would be more aware of the risks inherent in […]