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In 1884, British comedian Arthur Roberts invented a card game of trickery and nonsense for which he coined the name “Spoof.” In 2015, spoofing is a decidedly unfunny and ostensibly illegal trading technique in securities markets. But the joke may…
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As Christmas Eve arrives in the US, market-structure circles are abuzz on tidings from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent of the NYSE, about bold market reform. Is it the birth of opportunity or a winter fable? In case you missed it, word…
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Suppose you were an elevator operator. In 2013, the conservative Weekly Standard reported that the most senior member of the Senatorial coterie of button-pushers on the Hill pocketed about $210,000 in compensation, on par with investor-relations professionals. The elevators have…
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“I’m going to write a four-letter word meaning intercourse,” my speech-class colleague Jim announced, striding to the chalk board. It was 1986. Stunned, the rest of us stared open-mouthed. The chalk clicked. Jim stepped back and with a flourish gestured…
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It’s not what you think. Heard that phrase before? Last Wednesday, Oct 15, apparently everybody trading equities believed the world was dissolving in an apocalyptic stew of Ebola, European recession, unused petroleum, Chinese debt and Mideast terror. The DJIA at one…
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I remember the day my elementary school friend pierced his ear. By accident. We were nine-year-olds fishing eastern Oregon’s Burnt River on my dad’s cattle ranch. Young John gave his line a mighty cast. We awaited the expected kerplunk in…
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Autumn the past two weeks splashed brilliantly over the Colorado Front Range. It puts everything into perspective. I recall as a kid my mother saying in retort to my reason for some dunderheaded act, “You did it because ‘everybody else…
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