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The SEC is considering a ban on Flash Trading

The SEC is considering a ban on Flash Trading

Flash orders give some traders an edge in the purchase or sale of their stocks. The advantage is only a split second advantage, but it is enough to get the attention of the SEC.
For the next 60 days, the change will be up for public …

Fuel efficiency requirements upped for 2011

Passenger cars will have to go from 27.5 mpg to 30.2 and SUV’s and pick up trucks will have to be increased to 24.1 mpg. The fuel efficiency requirements have been unchanged since the 80′s. At 27.5 MPG, most cars aren’t as efficient as their …

Stocks looking optimistic after first trading day of 2009

Even after a report about manufacturing being the lowest its been in 28 years, Wall Street enjoyed a nice rally today.
The Dow rose 258.30, or 2.94 percent, to 9,034.69, finishing the week up 6.1 percent. The blue chips last closed above 9,000 on Nov. 5, …

You Can Call It Whatever You Like, It’s Still The Same Thing

I love how some companies PR departments get creative(or at least claim to get creative) when they rename something but change little or nothing of the core product or business that they are renaming. It seems some companies and individuals are trying to reclaim some …

How Americans are viewing wealth

Why is “spreading the wealth around” so bad if many Americans think the wealthiest people do not pay their fair share of taxes?
For over a week now John McCain (who I’m sure at this point you all know I won’t be voting for) has been …