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Nick Baker

  • CEO & Founder, Byline Strategies LLC
As seen in: MSN, UOL, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets Magazine, Bloomberg News, Markets Insider, The Economic Times, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, Los Angeles Times and
Journalist, like my grandfather before me. @inkbacker at other places, too
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The Gazillion-Dollar Standoff Over Two High-Frequency Trading Towers

The Gazillion-Dollar Standoff Over Two High-Frequency Trading Towers

Bloomberg Businessweek — Here's what happened after Michael Lewis published "Flash Boys."
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High-Frequency Trading Fight Escalates as a New Tower Blooms

High-Frequency Trading Fight Escalates as a New Tower Blooms

Bloomberg News — Scientel's tower generated controversy when it was just an idea, before a single metal pole went up in a mostly empty plot in suburban Chicago. It became a reality within the past two months and now looms about a thousand feet from what’s arguably the most important financial market in the world.
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Wall Street’s Biggest Traders Are Building Their Own Exchange

Wall Street’s Biggest Traders Are Building Their Own Exchange

Bloomberg Businessweek — The goal with the proposed Members Exchange may be to pressure the NYSE, Nasdaq and Cboe to lower their fees.
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Mark Cuban Exits the High-Frequency Trading Game He Hated Anyway

Mark Cuban Exits the High-Frequency Trading Game He Hated Anyway

Bloomberg News — The Dallas Mavericks owner says he sold his stake in Virtu, one of the biggest HFT firms.
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This Heat Wave's So Bad It's Even Slowing Down U.S. Stock Trades

This Heat Wave's So Bad It's Even Slowing Down U.S. Stock Trades

Bloomberg News — Swampy weather even slowed down high-speed traders.
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HFT Traders Dust Off Century-Old Tool in Search of Market Edge

HFT Traders Dust Off Century-Old Tool in Search of Market Edge

Bloomberg News — The latest twist in the race to be fastest in high-frequency trading sits just down the road from the Promise Equestrian Center, a sprawling stable and horse-riding complex about 45 miles west of downtown Chicago.
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This Texas Finance Professor Sifts Data for Signs of Rigged Markets

This Texas Finance Professor Sifts Data for Signs of Rigged Markets

Bloomberg Businessweek — John Griffin, who discovered the Bitcoin-Tether connection, seeks to expose “the fruitless deeds of darkness.”
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Anybody Want Bitcoin Futures? Anybody?

Anybody Want Bitcoin Futures? Anybody?

Bloomberg Businessweek — The contracts that were seen as a step toward bringing crypto to Wall Street remain a tiny market.
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Virtu Is Said to Pursue a Takeover of Independent Broker ITG

Virtu Is Said to Pursue a Takeover of Independent Broker ITG

Bloomberg News — An M&A scoop that drove ITG's stock up 25% and Virtu's up 10% in a single day.
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Goldman Alum Touts '70s Era Fix to Bond Market's Big Problem

Goldman Alum Touts '70s Era Fix to Bond Market's Big Problem

Bloomberg News — Chris White wants to drag corporate-bond trading into the 21st century. Or at least the late 20th century.
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Buffett's Apple Losses Make His Track Record in Tech Even Worse

Buffett's Apple Losses Make His Track Record in Tech Even Worse

Bloomberg News — Warren Buffett has a questionable track record investing in technology companies. It’s only getting worse with Apple Inc.
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Billionaire Who Once Built Robots for Trading Just Went to War With Them

Billionaire Who Once Built Robots for Trading Just Went to War With Them

Bloomberg News — Interactive Brokers is first company to move its stock listing to the Investors Exchange.
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‘Flash Boys’-Style Speed Bump Planned for Futures Markets

‘Flash Boys’-Style Speed Bump Planned for Futures Markets

Bloomberg News — A big U.S. exchange is joining the battle against the fastest traders.
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Computer Programmers See Beauty in Bid to Revive BeOS

Computer Programmers See Beauty in Bid to Revive BeOS

The Wall Street Journal — A group of computer programmers are attempting to set an aesthetic standard for code, working to revive an operating system, BeOS, that failed in its bid to compete with Microsoft.
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Bart Chilton, CFTC's Colorful Swaps-Rules Backer, Dies at 58

Bart Chilton, CFTC's Colorful Swaps-Rules Backer, Dies at 58

Bloomberg News — Bart Chilton, the former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission official who called for tighter regulation of swaps and derivatives, and was known for his long blond hair that stood out in buttoned-down Washington, has died. He was 58.
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