Covestor: Crowdsourcing Investment Management

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Covestor Investment Management.

High frequency stock traders and optimal fiber optic network locations

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Soon, several computer scientists argue, stock traders will locate themselves in optimal points long fiber optic cable routes (shown on the map) to optimize the speed of their trades by milliseconds.  High-frequency trading is a new way for financial firms to make money by trading securities ultra-fast. Instead of holding securities for the long term, as ordinary investors do, high-frequency traders program computers to buy and sell them rapidly, sometimes several times a second, generating small, steadily accruing profits. Today’s computers and networks are so fast, in fact, that automated algorithms now exploit advantages measured in microseconds. Firms must locate their servers strategically, with the goal of reducing “trade latency” — the delay introduced, inevitably, as electronic signals wend their way through the circuits.

Trading at the Speed of Light – Brainiac.

Black Coral Capital: Private Equity Fund Investing in CleanTech Space

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Black Coral Capital logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 Another link from Jay. Black Coral Capital is a fund investing in the alternative energy / cleantech space. The fund can invest in a wide variety of cleantech arenas, both directly and through funds. Black Coral was formed in late 2008 and is presently building out its presence in North America.

Black Coral Capital – Private Equity Fund.

Fool.com: Stock Investing Advice | Stock Research

Fool.com: Stock Investing Advice | Stock Research.

The Motley Fool‘s credo is “To Educate, Amuse, and Enrich,” and they mean “enrich” literally. The site is packed with financial advice on every topic and for every level of investor, and most of it is entertaining even if you don’t have cash to drop on ne

Bloomberg – Business, Financial & Economic News, Stock Quotes

Bloomberg – Business, Financial & Economic News, Stock Quotes.

We’ll put it this way: Bloomberg.com is the go-to financial news service for the guys who manage your stock portfolio and the Wall Street bigwigs who manage their portfolios.