Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: equity trading

equity trading stories: 5 news summaries

Once-Frenzied NYSE Traders Twiddle Thumbs

Tech upgrades, less volume translate to
gin rummy, anyone?

May 4, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though financial markets are as unpredictable as ever, the once-frenzied floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange are finding themselves with less to do. The introduction of a hybrid electronic system in 2006 has trimmed the workload of the iconic floor traders, who instead play cards, watch movies, or... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York Stock Exchange • trading • equity trading • NYSE Euronext • traders

IPOs Are Dropping
Like Flies

Market slump leads to 10-year high
in canceled issues

Jan 28, 08 12:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The subprime flu that’s laid low Wall Street has infected another victim: IPOs. Because of market volatility, 24 IPOs have been shelved this month—the most in a decade, Bloomberg reports. Tommy Hilfiger Corp. highlights a roster of firms that postponed or canceled going public. The largest was Imperium... More »

MORE ABOUT:
IPO • equity trading • Tommy Hilfiger

Looming Tax
Bill to Test
Dem Loyalties

Bill to help middle
class hurts their hedge-fund backers

Nov 7, 07 8:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A bill to give tax breaks to middle- and low-income people by closing loopholes that keep equity executives’ tax rates low is set for a vote this week in Congress, the Washington Post reports, forcing Democrats to choose between standing up for the common man and protecting the hedge-fund managers... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • hedge fund • equity trading • tax cuts • tax breaks

Living on the Edge in Connecticut

Will hedge-fund legend Victor Niederhoffer go broke again?

Oct 15, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Victor Niederhoffer is many things: a champion squash player, a family man (six children from two wives and a mistress), a blogger, and a math prodigy.  But mostly he is a trader. He amassed huge wealth working with George Soros in the 1980s, losing it all in 1997. He... More »

MORE ABOUT:
stock market • University of Chicago • Connecticut • hedge fund • trading • equity trading • risk management • Harvard • Victor Niederhoffer • squash • Manchester Trading

Mortgage Trouble Rattles Wall Street

Bear Stearns, Goldman earnings reflect subprime bloodbath

Jun 14, 07 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bear Stearns posted a 10% drop in quarterly earnings today, the latest victim of the subprime collapse. The country's second-largest mortgage-bond underwriter posted profits well below expectations, down nearly 33% from last year to $362 million. Goldman Sachs escaped bruised but more-or-less unscathed, with profits up 1% on the strength... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Goldman Sachs • subprime mortgages • business • Bear Stearns • earnings reports • finance • equity trading • US economy • investment banks

5 Stories


from our news partners