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27 lawmakers call on House leaders to 'swiftly' ban members from trading stock in office - CNBC
More than two dozen House members from both sides of the aisle are calling for House leadership to "swiftly" ban members of Congress from owning or trading stocks while in office.
What your investor friend is not telling you - World Bank Blogs
Households’ savings decisions — the types of financial instruments they use, whether they invest or not in stocks — often look similar to those of their neighbors. Social interactions allow for information dissemination…
Here's How Wall Street Weathered Snow Storm Stella - Fortune
Even Wall Street’s computers still have a problem with a messy commute, apparently. Although it’s still less than human traders did decades ago.
Inside High Frequency Trading: Algorithms, Not Markets, Lead to Wall Street Riches - Inverse
A trade that makes a penny is a win. And with the number of trades the algorithms and processors driving high frequency trading shops are making per minute, days are full of wins and coffers are overflowing with pennies…
Dow closes down triple digits, posts worst opening day in 8 years - CNBC
U.S. stocks closed lower Monday, the first day of trade of the year, weighed by renewed concerns of global economic slowdown and increased tensions in the Middle East. An overnight drop in Chinese stocks that triggered …
What Will It Take to Regulate the Stock Markets? - Kellogg Insight
Past efforts to regulate the U.S. stock markets have brought mixed success and more than a few unintended consequences.