Expanding the ETF Market

Grail Advisors CEO Bill Thomas on the firms newest partners and investor products.

What is High Frequency Trading ?

High frequency traders took part of the blame for Wall Street's flash crash on May 6, 2010. Just what is high frequency trading. Nightly Business Report explains.


SCOTT GURVEY, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: From the second floor of this nondescript building in Red Bank, New Jersey, the high frequency trading firm Tradeworx buys and sells huge volumes of stocks in the blink of an eye. Tradeworx uses computers programmed to detect small price movements which can be exploited by nimble trading. Founder Manoj Narang says the strategy can be traced directly to decimalization, a rule change in 2000 requiring quotes in dollars and cents instead of fractions. That cut profits for market makers from several cents to a fraction of a penny per share. The only way to make money was to increase volume.

Markets Have Peaked for 2010 says Expert:

Gluskin Sheff Chief Economist David Rosenberg on why sees a growth slowdown during the second half of 2010.

U.S. Stocks Rise as Exxon, Alcoa Offset Chipmaker Slump

June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. Stocks rose, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index up 1.1 percent after it swung between gains and losses at least 13 times, as a rally in commodity markets boosted oil and metals producers and overshadowed losses in semiconductor companies. Bloomberg's Pimm Fox also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Stocks Drop as S&P 500 Posts Worst Two Days in 14 Months

June 7 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks declined, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to the biggest two-day loss since March 2009, as Google Inc. and Apple Inc. led a drop in technology shares and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was subpoenaed in the financial-crisis investigation. Bloomberg's Pimm Fox also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Global Stock Selloff Continues

June 07, 2010 — FBN's Sandra Smith on stocks falling around the world amid new concerns about Europe's debt crisis.

U.S. Stocks Tumble as Job Growth Trails Forecasts

June 4 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. Stocks sank, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index falling to its lowest level in four months, as slower-than-estimated jobs growth spurred concern the economic recovery may not be as robust as forecast. Bloomberg's Pimm Fox also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)

How to Play Europe Volatility

June 03, 2010 — Seven Investment's Justin Stewart with tips for investing overseas.

U.S. Stocks Drop on Gulf Oil Spill, Middle-East Tensions

June 01, 2010 — June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks fell, adding to losses from the Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst May since 1940, as BP Plc's failure to plug a leaking oil well dragged down energy producers and AFP reported Lebanon fired on Israeli warplanes. Bloomberg's Pimm Fox also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)