A real-time global pulse
As we use low latency systems, faster payments, twitter and other technologies, we silently watch the revolution of our world from local to global communities, and to a real-time global pulse. The thing is, do you ever stop to notice? The fact that you can trade in a millionth of a millionth of a second,…
Trading water
Last year, I wrote an extensive piece about a vision of trading in the future based upon 24*7 real-time global markets and the impact of news algorithmics. A key piece of that article was the idea of water being a rare commodity and hence of very high value. Traders globally focused upon Oceans, Rivers and…
The Future of the City of London
I've seen a couple of bits of commentary in the past week about the City of London losing its strength, namely: City's dominance in doubt (Telegraph) London Ponders Its Future as Financial Powerhouse (New York Times) During the boom years of the 2000s, London competed with Frankfurt and New York to become the financial centre…
The Future of the City of London
I've seen a couple of bits of commentary in the past week about the City of London losing its strength, namely: City's dominance in doubt (Telegraph) London Ponders Its Future as Financial Powerhouse (New York Times) During the boom years of the 2000s, London competed with Frankfurt and New York to become the financial centre…
Arguing about Twitter is a waste of time
There have been various arguments about Twitter in the last few months and whether the alerts tool is useful or not. I started one debate a while ago and now there is another one (maybe). First, let me set the record straight before folks think I'm a puritanically obsessed Twitterati. At a personal level, I…
Who caused this crisis and what’s next?
We're about to take an Easter holiday and so I thought I would leave you with food for thought until Tuesday. There are some fascinating ideas floating around about this crisis over the last six months: from nationalise all banks to hang all bankers; from the collapse of capitalism to the collapse of the world;…

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