I live near the Segway rental place in Chicago, and I worry more about Segway drivers than vehicle drivers for my personal pedestrian safety. I have to tell my kid when we're in the park to especially watch out for the Segway Mafia, the band of roving idiots driving these things around for the first time. The hate's not all about Segway riders being smug.
It actually says who paid in the article:
"According to the Integrity in Science Database, Dr. Uauy has been a paid advisor to Unilever, Wyeth, Danone, DSM, Kellogg, Knowles and Bolton, Roche Vitamins Europe Ltd., and the International Copper Association. Probably not chicken feed either. My foray into research could very likely turn up Monsanto and/or its ilk lurking behind this study as well"
Thanks for the link - interesting stuff. I interviewed in Dec. 2007, so I wonder how the smaller trading companies are coping with the "pre-trade checks" as Zerohedge is calling them. Seems like a scary regulatory monopoly for GS.
I interviewed at a millisecond (market-making) trading firm in Chicago. They claimed that when a hedge fund, etc. would buy or sell a stock, that one large purchase or sale would typically signal another. Whichever firm could get their quote up the fastest would make the buy or sale, and it's a winner-take-all system. The first market-maker to adjust their price would benefit. Thus, server speed is THE essential bottleneck. Needless to say, they keep the location of their server a secret.
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I live near the Segway rental place in Chicago, and I worry more about Segway drivers than vehicle drivers for my personal pedestrian safety. I have to tell my kid when we're in the park to especially watch out for the Segway Mafia, the band of roving idiots driving these things around for the first time. The hate's not all about Segway riders being smug.
It actually says who paid in the article: "According to the Integrity in Science Database, Dr. Uauy has been a paid advisor to Unilever, Wyeth, Danone, DSM, Kellogg, Knowles and Bolton, Roche Vitamins Europe Ltd., and the International Copper Association. Probably not chicken feed either. My foray into research could very likely turn up Monsanto and/or its ilk lurking behind this study as well"
Thanks for the link - interesting stuff. I interviewed in Dec. 2007, so I wonder how the smaller trading companies are coping with the "pre-trade checks" as Zerohedge is calling them. Seems like a scary regulatory monopoly for GS.
I interviewed at a millisecond (market-making) trading firm in Chicago. They claimed that when a hedge fund, etc. would buy or sell a stock, that one large purchase or sale would typically signal another. Whichever firm could get their quote up the fastest would make the buy or sale, and it's a winner-take-all system. The first market-maker to adjust their price would benefit. Thus, server speed is THE essential bottleneck. Needless to say, they keep the location of their server a secret.