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If I have one pet peeve, it’s bad writing in business communications and materials. Perhaps, as a writer, I’m overly sensitive to this. But perhaps business professionals, should be, too—because as the industry starts to look past the cost cuts...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 04 Mar 2013
How bad does Hugh Jackman want an Oscar? Pretty bad, apparently: he’s willing to dress up as best actor Oscar rival Daniel Day-Lewis—nominated for his role in Lincoln—on The Late Show with David Letterman to get that gold statuette with his name...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 25 Feb 2013
Anecdotally, the industry feels positive about 2013, and if exchange results (IMD, Feb. 4) are anything to go by, the financial markets—and, within them, the market data industry—have cause for optimism. And data vendors reported a largely positive...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Organization & Management | 18 Feb 2013
Within the past week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 14,000 points for the first time since October 2007 and exchanges reported record financial results, giving added credence to the optimism expressed by many for 2013. For example, CBOE Holdings...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Indexes & Ratings | 11 Feb 2013
It’s the Super Bowl: America’s annual celebration of overpriced a-holes—not the players, but the tons of hot dogs of dubious origin that will be consumed during the game. It’s almost enough to put me off my food, which would be a shame because...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 04 Feb 2013
Hard to believe, but it’s already nearly February. Suddenly the stores are full of Valentine’s paraphernalia, and the temperature is becoming chilly, with the threat of snow here in New York. But while snow can provide a pristine canvas on which errant...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 28 Jan 2013
I shouldn’t be surprised that low latency—which at the end of last year looked like it was ready for a Lance Armstrong-like fall from grace, after trading firms began publicly questioning the rising cost for ever-decreasing benefits—has so quickly...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 21 Jan 2013
Last week, I suggested that 2013 will be the year of the startup. This week, we bring you news of another new startup, Quandl, along with updates on recent startups MarketPsych and YCharts, and a stark comparison of the challenge faced by any startup...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 14 Jan 2013
So far in these early days of 2013, the big-ticket items affecting the domestic and global economies—US politicians finally agreeing the Fiscal Cliff deal, the resulting stock market rallies—have garnered most attention, but there’s something interesting...
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 06 Jan 2013
(To the tune of ‘The Holly and the Ivy’)
Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 17 Dec 2012
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