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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Aren’t Leaving Their Kids Billions on Thursday March 20, 2014 @10:46AM (#7435809)

Gate's kids could always work for the Gate's Foundation. Just being on the board would probably pay well.

Buffet's son is on the board of Berkshire.

Re:Some predict computers will produce a jobless future. Here’s why th... on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @10:23AM (#7258539)

ARPANET was created by DOD. The Internet evolved from that.

Re:For the Love of Money on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:45PM (#7099154)

Re:For the Love of Money on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:30PM (#7099059)

I visited DirectEdge.com I doesn't appear that the average investor is allowed to join.

Re:For the Love of Money on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:24PM (#7099008)

I had not heard that idea before. I think it might not work because the HFT people are selling just as much as they are buying.

Re:For the Love of Money on Monday January 20, 2014 @12:19PM (#7090566)

This is where I read about it.

Re:For the Love of Money on Monday January 20, 2014 @11:14AM (#7090205)

The large investment banks actually have a code they can append to their orders so they can jump to the top of the order cue.

That is the definition of "front running".

I'd like to see a 1 cent tax per share per transaction. That'd dramatically limit HFT.