Investment Officers
Software Glitch Shuts Down CBOE
A software glitch shut down the Chicago Board Options Exchange for half the day on Thursday, preventing trading in options on two of the U.S. stock market's most closely watched indexes and ...
Are Class Actions Looming After Twitter Hoax?
A securities lawyer appearing on CNBC on Thursday, two days after the financial markets were shaken by a Twitter hoax, suggested that liability lawsuits—and even class actions—are now in the ...
Google-Based Trading Strategy Would Have Made Big Investment Return: Study
A trading strategy based on changes in the number of times financial phrases are searched on Google could have generated returns in excess of 300 percent over the last decade on the Dow Jones, a ...CBOE Opening Delayed For ‘Downloading’ Problem
The Chicago Board Options Exchange delayed its opening on Thursday due to "downloading" issues, preventing investors from accessing its exclusive options on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and ...
Hoax Tweet Tests Firms That Filter Social Media For Wall Street
Firms that scour social media sites such as Twitter for information to help investors and traders make money faced their biggest test yet this week. A tweet reporting explosions at the White House ...U.S. SEC Looks To Ease Rules For Launching ETFs
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may revive a proposal that would make it easier and cheaper to launch certain kinds of exchange-traded funds, according to interviews with SEC staff. Amid ...
Bogus Tweet Briefly Disrupts Financial Markets
Markets for stocks, bonds, oil and commodities were briefly roiled on Tuesday after a bogus report of explosions at the White House. Shortly after 1 p.m. (1700 GMT), U.S. government debt prices ...