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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, February 17, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Is the growth of passive investing a threat to the stability of the stock market? A new study says you shouldn’t worry. There have been several very successful investing trends in the
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Peter Kramer | CNBC NYSE President Lynn Martin and other exchange officials confirmed to CNBC that the root cause of the Big Board’s trading glitch at the Tuesday open was due to a manual error involving the Exchange’s Disaster Recovery configuration. After the 9/11 disaster,
The bell at the NYSE Source: NYSE The day after a major trading glitch at the New York Stock Exchange open, the NYSE has issued a statement on what happened: “The root cause was determined to be a manual error involving the Exchange’s Disaster Recovery configuration at system start of day.” That’s all they are
In this article WFC UPS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Peter Kramer | CNBC The New York Stock Exchange experienced technical issues at the open Tuesday. Dozens of stocks opened at prices well above or below their prior day closing prices. Most were
In this article SPY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT (An excerpt from the book, “Shut Up and Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing from the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange,” by Bob Pisani.) Thirty years ago this week, State Street Global Advisors launched the Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt (SPY), the first
Burton G. Malkiel, professor emeritus of economics at Princeton University, speaks at the John C. Bogle Legacy Forum in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images This week, Princeton professor Burton Malkiel has published the updated, 50th anniversary edition of A Random Walk Down Wall Street: the
Burton Malkiel, a Princeton University economics professor, in New York, Jan. 26, 2010. Julie Glassberg | The New York Times Want to learn how to be a better investor in 2023? Two classic books on long-term investing are out in new editions. If your New Year’s resolution is to learn more about the stock and
A flag outside the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images While Washington is consumed with the elections next week, the Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing to consider numerous rulemaking proposals that could significantly increase the reporting and disclosure
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rule that would tell investors more about short sales is part
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 25, 2022. Source: NYSE The NYSE and Nasdaq have announced today that they are halting trading in several Russia-based stocks that list on their respective exchanges. Much more interesting is the fact that the Russian stock market in Moscow is closed, but U.S.-based Russian exchange-traded funds are
Countries like the U.S. and U.K. are grappling with inflation that has risen to multi-year highs as the Ukraine war has caused energy prices to spike and food prices to rise. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Wall Street has a texting problem and the SEC is not happy. Last night the SEC announced charges
In this article NDAQ ICE CME SCHW HOOD Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), listens during a Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) meeting at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images We are live on Wednesday at Piper Sandler’s
Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at the SEC headquarters office in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Melissa Lyttle | Bloomberg | Getty Images SEC Chair Gary Gensler is trying to make good on his promise to address what he believes are deficiencies in the U.S. trading
Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, takes his seat before the start of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images SEC Chair Gary Gensler is testifying
Catherine Wood, chief executive officer of ARK Investment Management LLC, applauds during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Exchange, the biggest ETF conference in the world, starts Monday in Miami Beach. It’s both good times, and difficult times for the exchange-traded fund
SEC chairman Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 14, 2021 in Washington. Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted unanimously to propose a rule for the registration and regulation of security-based swap execution facilities. A swap execution facility, or SEF, is an electronic
People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hey Mr. Retail Trader: do you like to
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 14, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Pool | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to know a lot more about what companies are doing about
Traders on the NYSE Feb. 28, 2022. Source: NYSE Select Chinese stocks have declined sharply on Thursday. China watchers believe this is likely because the Securities and Exchange Commission has identified five U.S.-listed American depositary receipts of Chinese companies (Yum China, BeiGene, Zai Lab, ACM Research and HUTCHMED) for failing to adhere to the Holding