Why Wall Street Might Care About Femtoseconds

Whether looking at the nineteenth century or now, Wall Street has always had fast traders who knew how to get the news before their competitors.

Throwback Thursday: When Wall Street Trading Was Slower

#TBT: Today we look back to how we used to trade stocks. Slower Trades Our story (sort of) starts 225 years ago on Wall Street with the origin of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Gathering in coffeehouses or under…

What Tweets Can Say About the Dow

Researchers are exploring how message volume and sentiment analysis in social media like Twitter and Yahoo can be used to predict financial markets.