The wheels of justice grind with proverbial sluggishness, but grind they do. Here is a compendium of recent busts, all of which constitute a cautionary tale for investors…

There’s no error like human error, and it’s always fascinating to see a slight disparity in communication bring on a debacle. Trading in several London Stock Exchange issues…

Traders sometimes get obsessed with seeing a print, or price report, at a certain price level. Sometimes they will pull some crazy moves to get the print, and…

Shares in Puerto Rico-based managed care provider Triple-S Management Corp. took a beating on the New York Stock Exchange in early trading today, illustrating the increasingly squirrelly nature of…

Last year, commodities wizards donned their magical robes and entered nebulous mantic states, conjuring dark visions of commodity shortages for 2010. And they were right—though maybe not for…

Although high frequency and low-latency trading activity (HFT) continues to be eyed askance for potentially distorting U.S. securities markets, HFT continues to spread to other areas of the…