Posts Tagged ‘Arthur Levitt’
Posted by Larry Doyle on August 4th, 2012 7:09 AM |
Investors are constantly confronting the question whether it is safe to go in the water, that is, to commit capital and make an investment.
With so much concern already surrounding the structure of and practices within our equity exchanges, there was serious fuel added to these fires with the malfunction and accompanying meltdown at Knight Capital this week.
This story and situation deserve serious attention. To that end, when I want to know what goes on within the equity markets, I immediately go to the most reliable source. Who is that? Our resident Sense on Cents’ Hall of Famers Joe Saluzzi and Sal Arnuk at Themis Trading. What do these ‘men in the arena’ have to say about the Knight Capital debacle and the structure of the equity markets overall? (more…)
Tags: Arthur Levitt, broken markets, dangers within high frequency trading, hft, high frequency trading, is high frequency trading dangerous, Joe Saluzzi, Knight Capital debacle, Knight Capital malfunction, Knight capital meltdown, Knight Capital Tom Joyce, maker taker model, Sal Arnuk, SEC chair Arthur Levitt, structure of equity exchanges, the markets are broken, the markets are fundamentally broken, the markets are structurally broken, Themis Trading, what happened at Knight Capital, what is the maker taker model, will Knight Capital survive
Posted in General, high frequency trading | 17 Comments »
Posted by Larry Doyle on July 10th, 2012 8:10 AM |
The London Interbank Overnight Rate, aka Libor, is the referenced benchmark rate for only some multiple hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of securities and contracts. As such, the rate is of enormous importance to the markets and global economy. I personally recall beginning almost every day as a trader on Wall Street by inquiring of an individual on the finance desk, “Where’s Libor?”
With the manipulation of this rate rocking the markets, everybody wants to know who’s to blame. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around.
If we were to listen to Bob Diamond, former CEO of Barclays, we would be inclined to believe that the blame in that organization rested merely within a very small group of individuals. How convenient. Do you think the CEOs of other banks would also like to ring fence this issue to a small group of expendable individuals on selected trading desks? No doubt. (more…)
Tags: Alan Greenspan, Arthur Levitt, Barclays Libor Scandal, Barclays Libor Scandal who is really to blame, Brooksley Born CFTC, Charles Ferguson Inside Job, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Inside Job, lack of regulation of derivatives, lack of regulation of derivatives market, Larry Summers, Libor scandal, Phil Gramm, Robert Rubin, who is guilty of Libor scandal, who is to blame for Libor scandal
Posted in General, Libor | 3 Comments »
Posted by Larry Doyle on January 28th, 2011 7:16 AM |
A multiple trillion dollar loss emanates from Wall Street and no crimes are committed? Will any form of real justice ever be served? Will those who facilitated and enabled this crisis to unfold ever be singled out? Are there individuals on both Wall Street and in Washington who just exhaled thinking, “We got away with it.”
The report released yesterday by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission highlights that Wall Street and Washington collectively failed our nation. Specifically the FCIC writes on page 23:
We do place special responsibility with the public leaders charged with protecting our financial system, those entrusted to run our regulatory agencies, and the chief executives of companies whose failures drove us to crisis. These individuals sought and accepted positions of significant responsibility and obligation. Tone at the top does matter and, in this instance, we were let down. No one said “no.”
How is it that these ‘supposed leaders’ failed to perform? (more…)
Tags: Arthur Levitt, Catholic Church, crisis on Wall Street, FCIC report, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report, phil angelides, sexual pedophilia in Catholic Church, the truth hurts, Wall Street and Washington failed America
Posted in General | 11 Comments »
Posted by Larry Doyle on March 9th, 2009 3:35 PM |
A great American and loyal reader (thanks FL) shared a report recently produced by not-for-profits Essential Information and The Consumer Education Foundation. This report, Sold Out: How Wall Street and Washington Betrayed America, has gotten little to no attention in the general media. What a shame. I find of particular interest the fact that a number of the currently discussed regulatory changes are directly addressing the points highlighted in this report. I personally view these proposed regulatory changes as substantiating this report and adding credibility to its effort. For the naysayers in the audience, I would ask you to review the report and reconsider your assessment.
I was struck a month ago by the incriminating statements put forth by Senator Chuck Hagel and CIA head Leon Panetta, which I highlighted on February 16th in Legalized Bribery. Those statements bluntly indict our massive system of lobbying, political fundraising, and the quality of those running for elected office! In light of that article, I am more and more convinced that our elected officials have turned their offices into massive for profit machines at the expense of our public well being.
I commend the authors of this report, Roger Weissman and James Donahue, for taking the time and making the extensive effort to expose the truth. The full report, 231 pages in length, spares no detail. In studying it, I found the information and analysis riveting. Let me try to summarize it for you. (more…)
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