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  • 70% of stock trades are done by high speed computer programs now. Can this skew the real value of the market?

    I knew about this long before the 60 Minutes segment came out last weekend. I’ve been concerned about it for a long time. The days of traditional trading are long gone. I would imagine almost 100% of trading will be by computer programs in a few years. The human element will be removed. I’ve noticed that some firms/ (Goldman Sachs) never lose . They almost always win. Especially since the took a nosedive a couple years ago. Right after this, high speed computer trading started to pick up in popularity. Are these firms getting information faster than the rest of us? Even if they get information a split second faster, the computer use that info and quickly and turn a profit before everyone else. Can this skew the real value of the ?

     

  • 70% of stock trades are done by high speed computer programs now. Can this skew the real value of the market?

    I knew about this long before the 60 Minutes segment came out last weekend. I’ve been concerned about it for a long time. The days of traditional trading are long gone. I would imagine almost 100% of trading will be by computer programs in a few years. The human element will be removed. I’ve noticed that some firms/ (Goldman Sachs) never lose . They almost always win. Especially since the took a nosedive a couple years ago. Right after this, high speed computer trading started to pick up in popularity. Are these firms getting information faster than the rest of us? Even if they get information a split second faster, the computer use that info and quickly and turn a profit before everyone else. Can this skew the real value of the ?

     

  • Some questions about stocks and investing?

    Hi. I am just having trouble with some finer details about and trading. I have some questions here, and if you have anything to add besides answers to them, please do tell.

    1. Can a stock be simultaneously sold/available for sale on the NYSE and Nasdaq? Or any for that matter. Can the stock be sold in more than one place and, once sold, be immediately taken away from the other ones? Or does this only work with electronic ones such as Nasdaq? Please explain.

    2. Where should a young person looking to begin investing start? Is buying online the best way? Anyway, what other ways are there even? I mean, is another way to directly call up a company or call a broker? How do most successful investors start out? Everyone starts somewhere.

    3. Once a stock is publicly traded on the public markets, does the company still have the power to sell it directly themselves?

    4. Is it as simple as just buying and selling when they go higher…or is a lot more stuff able to be traded? What I mean is, for ETFs and other things, is it possible to buy any of it online or through a stock exchange? When the famous or even just any relatively experienced investor buy , they don’t just buy online, right? They must do something. What do they do? Do all of them have umbrella companies? Please explain how the whole process "works" and all scenarios possible.

    6. This is a little bit redundant, but, how exactly are things besides traded? Or just ? Do most people just go online or what? I mean, I cannot think of another way, but Warren Buffett and others do it. Do they use phones? Email?

    7. When someone or some company actually sets out to buy a whole company, do they just go to the stock exchange and buy over 50% of the shares (after research etc. is done), or is it more of a transaction.

    8. When a company wants to go public, who do they call to put the shares on the market? Also, do any companies actually market (as in advertise) their shares to potential buyers?

    9. Is there any one single book or two or three books that can explain all of this stuff (that are good books)? Or maybe biographies or something? I have read a few investing books, but I feel like they all assume that the questions I just asked are common knowledge.

    10. I am 17 and in high school. I am going to major in economics and minor in mathematics at either Brown, Princeton, or UF (applied to all of them and I will at least get into UF) and I want to learn about investing. Investing could definitely be a good career for me, and I am highly interested by it. I understand that some good job opportunities come from going to top tier schools and getting internships, but I do not want to "rely" or even have to deal with that competitiveness. As much as I would like to work that stressful life, I want to have good knowledge on the side. Plenty of famous investors never worked in investment banks. They just managed companies that did or something like that. How do they get into those positions? Or must one get an MBA from a top school to get there?

    11. Are there any famous or not famous millionaires or rich people that simply made by investing by themselves and not by working at some bulge bracket firm?

    I feel like I do not know anything about this, and I should. Is it because I haven’t actually bought a house or anything yet so I do not know? If these are silly questions, sorry.

    I look forward to learning. Thanks!
    It’s such a deep topic, and there does not seem to be an "order" as to which you learn it. I want to learn about all of it and be familiar so I can begin my journey. There is just so much information. I can feel that I have only knicked the giant boulder.
    Also, when you do want to buy online, do you just go somewhere like Scottrade you’re good to go? Or is there some process?

    It is all so esoteric to me.

     

  • what's the main difference between hedge funds and mutual funds?

    Are you hedging your bets (buy/sell short or long) with one and simply buying safer funds in mutuals.

     

  • Mutual Funds and Hedge funds are not quite different then why hedge fund generate huge profits and MF do not?

    Rate of returns are moderate for schemes whereas for ,it is high.Is it due to lack of controls or some other unknown reason.

     

  • how does mutual funds and others alike pool so much money ?

    how do pool tremendous amount of ? is it simply from marketing, with a few marketers from the company goign around and telling ppl to put there .

    is just purely marketing thing ? only 8% of fund managers in the world are said to have returning above average returns….

    what about ? do they just track down rich guys and tell them that htey nee dto put there here.

    Is it possible for one to start his own , provided he had the start up costs, and experience and knowledge.

     

  • Is a company required to report derivatives, options, mutual funds or hedge funds under FASB 115?

    According to FASB, debt and equity securities such as long term fixed maturities, treasury bills, and are to be reported under statement of 115. Is the company also required to report derivatives, options, mutual & for FASB 115?

     

  • Can mutual funds sell options on their shares?

    Can mutual/ sell options on their shares? If so, what stops them from selling calls on a thinly traded stock, and then making a huge purchase to send supply up, crashing the price and ensuring that the calls expire worthless? Do they have to report these options sales anywhere, like they do when they buy shares?

     

  • Do Hedge funds trade commodities, futures, currency, foreign and options as well as shorting?

     

  • Do hedge funds prefer to use CFD's rather than spread betting for trading the stock market? If so, why? And…?

    I just have a curious question as to whether prefer to use CFD’s (contracts for differences) to /invest into the over spread betting, and if so, why? Also, do ever use spread betting at all in their stock trades and if not, why?

     

  • Who/what makes up the typical stock market buyers?

    I’m trying to grasp who does all the trading on the major US Markets. for instance is it 70% pension funds, 20% , 10% retail etc?

    When we here about " the market thinks this or that" it would be great to actually grasp what is making up that market, and then it might be a bit easier to understand their motivations / perspectives etc, as it certainly isn’t one amorphous being!!

    Thanks in advance for any guidance.

     

  • Is it time we make the SEC remove all options trading and shorting from the stock trading system in the US?

    Let’s get real, it, having been used by and large conglomerate CEOs and other inside officers has enticed too much corruption and is sucking the US Dollar value dry! If you think a stock is going down, sell it….simple as that and make the big boys do that too! No more of this cooperative bouncing the stock between option strike prices to suck the capital out of hard working American’s retirement savings! Lets get the common back in the !

     

  • Stock Market Beginner?

    What would be a good book or internet school for a person that wants to learn to invest but has no possible idea were to start.
    i would like a book that teaches you evrything about the market including. Market Terms, currency trading, internet trading, explains what and are, and tells you when starting with nothing.
    I am 14 and plan to within the next month
    also i will be taking a general business class this year in school and i would like to excel in that class.

     

  • What are hedge funds and what impact are they having on the stock market?

    I keep hearing alot about so what are they doing to the ? Thanks.

     

  • what are some good resources to learn about investing and finance?

    i’m interested in books and online sources for learning about all things finance. i want to learn more about personal finance and investing for myself, as well as larger scale and more complex financial strategies and instruments. what should i focus my research on? i’m intrigued by and other alternative , but i also want to learn about more common and readily accessible investing vehicles and styles.

     

  • Is investing into hedge funds a way to trade options rather than doing it by yourself?

    I want to know if into is a way you can options without doing all the work yourself and leaving it to a proffessional such as a to make you the ?

    Also, can investing into make you wealthy?

     

  • How can I start investing into hedge funds and into emerging markets funds.?

    and emerging masrkets funds are booming these days, how can i my into these markets and funds.

     

  • What are some good introductory books about investing?

    I’m interested in all facets – day trading, commodities, , . I’m a complete newbie but have some I’d like to use wisely.

     

  • Are there mutual funds out there that simulate investing in a hedge fund without the $1MM min investment?

    Looking for no-loan funds that simulate investing in a hedge fund. typically have a monumental min investment (mm or more). If yes, are there multiple that would simulate the various stratagies of various ?

     

  • Stock Market Investing For A Motivated 15 year Old?

    Im currently 15, and I’m damn tired of waiting to get through high school and college to start making some serious . I am a very motivated, smart teenager[4.0 with honors classes] and I believe that through some light research I have done, that the is the way to go. I was reading about and all this different stuff, but i figured why not probe Yahoo Answers for some info. What is the best way to get some fast using the ? What to invest in, what to , what broker to use, etc. A jump start in the right direction is really what I need here, as i jsut got some and I am dying to invest it. I was hoping to get 1 mil in a couple years and eventually check out some . Any help is appreciated.
    Ok maybe a million in a few years is just a hyperbole, just trying to convey the motivation. haha

     
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