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Back to the basics: pick stocks or use index funds

Stock pickers compared to index fund

http://www.sltrib.com/home/2669666-155/stock-pickers-push-back-against-index-fund

 

Bondcube – platform

Bondcube

https://www.bondcube.com/

 

CBOE volatility

CBOE

http://www.cboe.com/products/vix-index-volatility?gclid=CN_QuJul8tQCFchKDQodzRAKEw

 

Complexity of algo trading

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world.html

 

Complexity theory and Finance (Zeidan and Richardson)

 

Computer trading

The Future of Computer Trading in financial markets:

http://www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/published-projects/computer-trading

 

Computers (The) that run the stock market

http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/08/investing/stock-market-citadel/index.html

 

Direct listing

Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek May 22-May 28 2017

“An unusual way for a company to go public, in which the owners have their private shares converted into stocks listed on an exchange. Unlike conventional initial public offering, a direct listing does not raise money”.

Note: companies which are privately funded may at times decide to go public and direct listing is one way to do so

Dodd-Frank Act

 

http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdfhttp://www.sec.gov/about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf

 

Dow 101

Dow 101

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140706/PC05/140709749/1177/dow-101-the-dow-and-how-it-works

 

Federal Reserve (central bank)

http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/default.htm

 

Federal Reserve Education

www.federalreserveeducation.org

 

Fierce Finance: insightful news and analysis

http://www.fiercefinance.com

 

Financial engineering

 

Financial engineering – resources

Financial engineering – resources

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-350113.html

 

Financial innovation 2012-2013

Financial innovation: interesting debate

 Financial Innovation: A Risky Business? – YouTube

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Financial reform – chronicle

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june13/kaiser_05-27.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/act-of-congress-how-americas-essential-institution-works-and-how-it-doesnt-by-robert-g-kaiser/2013/05/10/5411a00a-a2d2-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html

 

FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)

www.finra.org

 

Glass Steagall 21st century

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/353404/21st-century-glass-steagall-act-james-pethokoukis

 

Glass Steagall solution via Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act 2010

http://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/p/Dodd-Frank-Wall-Street-Reform-Act.htm

 

Glass-Steagall Act i.e. Banking Act, 1933 (full text)

http://ia700308.us.archive.org/31/items/FullTextTheGlass-steagallActA.k.a.TheBankingActOf1933/1933_01248.pdf

http://archive.org/details/FullTextTheGlass-steagallActA.k.a.TheBankingActOf1933

 

Glass-Steagall needed more than ever

http://www.policymic.com/articles/54839/glass-steagall-act-it-s-needed-now-more-than-ever

 

Glass-Steagall repealed i.e. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 1999

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Leach%E2%80%93Bliley_Act

 

Google Trends can predict the market

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidleinweber/2013/04/26/big-data-gets-bigger-now-google-trends-can-predict-the-market/

 

Hedge Fund Research

http://www.hedgefundresearch.com

 

HFT Australia sets new rules on dark pools, HFT (Fierce Finance)

http://www.fiercefinanceit.com/story/australia-sets-new-rules-dark-pools-hft/2013-08-14

http://www.fiercefinanceit.com/story/australia-sets-new-rules-dark-pools-hft/2013-08-14

 

HFT does not raise futures volatility – new study (Aug 2013)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/27/trading-fast-study-idUSL2N0GS1XH20130827

HFT tax (Fierce Finance)

http://www.fiercefinanceit.com/story/uk-lawmakers-endorse-hft-tax/2013-07-31

http://www.fiercefinanceit.com/story/uk-lawmakers-endorse-hft-tax/2013-07-31

 

High Frequency Trading (HFT), Algo Trading: indepth look

1) Basic explanation: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/high-frequency-trading.asp

2) HFT Study: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/high-frequency-trading.asp

3) What Computer-Powered High Frequency Trading Looks and Sounds Like:

http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/what-high-frequency-trading-looks-and-sounds-like

4) HFT (Gomber, Arndt, Lutat & Uhle: https://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg/dispatch/en/binary/gdb_content_pool/imported_files/public_files/10_downloads/11_about_us/Public_Affairs/High_Frequency_Trading.pdf

5) The Problem of HFT, book by Haim Bodek

6) New York Times Topics: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/h/high_frequency_algorithmic_trading/index.html

7) HFT: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1858626

8) HFT literature review: http://www.futuresindustry.org/epta/downloads/hft-literature-review-may-2012.pdf

9) Research and Commentary, The Heartland Institute: http://heartland.org/policy-documents/research-commentary-high-frequency-trading

10) Scholarly sources, Columbia Law School: http://web.law.columbia.edu/capital-markets/current-topics/scholarly-sources

11) Brilliant paper defining HFT … : http://quantlabs.net/blog/2012/01/brilliant-paper-defining-hft-algo-trading-non-hft-algo-strategies/

12) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of HFT (Journal of Trading): http://www.iijournals.com/doi/abs/10.3905/jot.2012.8.1.058

13) Can High Frequency Traders Game Futures: http://www.iijournals.com/doi/abs/10.3905/jot.2012.7.2.075

14) Shall we haggle in pennies at the speed of light … : http://www.utexas.edu/law/magazine/wp/wp-content/uploads/centers/clbe/bartlett.pdf

15) The impact of HFT on market integrity: an empirical examination: https://www.q2forum.com/articles/001_12-1057-dr24-impact-high-frequency-trading-on-market-integrity.pdf

16) Algo trading: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/in-a-volatile-mkt-algo-trading-turnover-touches-new-high/1142178

17) High frequency trading, policy analysis paper (CATO Institute): http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/high-frequency-trading-do-regulators-need-control-tool-informationally?gclid=CNvoyYGum7kCFZSi4AodPw4AYQ

 

Intelligent automated portfolio manager

Intelligent automated portfolio manager

http://content.schwab.com/web/retail/public/schwab_intelligent_portfolios/?bmac=sws

 

Investing

www.investor.gov

 

Investment action plan

http://www.blackrockplan.com/?cmp=forward&chn=ba&c=cnbc

 

Investments advanced

learning DVD: Advanced investments

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=5751

 

Investments and securities – resources

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-350119.html

 

IOSCO

International Organization of Securities Commissions:

www.iosco.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_of_Securities_Commissions

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/iosco.asp

IOSCO 2013: http://iosco2013.lu/

 

Mercantile exchanges

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=mercantile+exchange

 

Mortgage-bond types

Homing in on mortgage-bond types (Feb 10, 2015) Adam Zoll

http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=683694

NANEX the rise of the HFT machines

http://www.nanex.net/aqck/2804.HTMLhttp://www.nanex.net/aqck/2804.HTML

 

Oversight as a factor (credit: New York Times)

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/morning-agenda-oversight-at-jpmorgan-is-scrutinized/

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/morning-agenda-oversight-at-jpmorgan-is-scrutinized/

 

Physics (The) of Finance (Kirill Ilinski) and related books

http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Finance-Modelling-Non-Equilibrium-Pricing/dp/0471877387

http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Finance-Modelling-Non-Equilibrium-Pricing/dp/0471877387