Alaric Trader

Still time to buy gold miners?

Finally, after months — nay, years — of dismal performance, gold mining stocks look good. Producers, I mean, not juniors.

Proxied by the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE Arca: GDX), these stocks are up better than 56 percent since the top of the…

Turquoise Swipes Market Share Amid Dark Order Surge

LSE reports successful half-year results, as Turquoise dark order book value climbs 40%.

Puerto Rico bonds crash after “moratorium” raises default risk

Just a day after Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed a law that enables him to temporary halt debt payments, dramatically raising the risk of widespread defaults, Puerto Rico securities had the biggest one-day drop in…

Asia Accounts for More Than 50% of Daily Value Traded

Exchange Market Share Over Time.

It is common to see off-exchange volume inversely related to volatility. When volatility is high…

Roboadvisers set to capitalize under new U.S. retirement plan rule

A new U.S. rule protecting retirement funds from commission-paid brokers could be good for roboadvisers, a fast-growing sector that manages money with algorithms who may collect new clients fired by other firms…