High-frequency trading was active in Vascon Engineers, Sawaca Business Machines, and Telogica Limited on April 30. All the stocks closed higher.High-frequency trading firms (HTFs) – or algo firms on steroids –use complex algorithms and powerful computers to execute trades at lightning speeds. These firms typically try to capture the spread between the spot and futures prices.
Open Flipwhile there is a mathematical case to purchase SGBs from the secondary market, the actual benefit might be limited and vary on the discount available, residual period, the intrinsic value of bonds (when one considers the present value of future interest payouts among other things), brokerage costs, taxation, etc. So be careful when choosing between new or existing SGBs.
Open FlipThe looming U.S. presidential election will not influence the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, adding that policymakers were "at peace" with keeping political considerations out of their decision-making process. The issue of the Fed's independence jumped back into the spotlight last week.
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