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You will never see as many great women investors or traders as men. Period. End of story.

I thought if we could put our hard-working culture as traders into the asset management, it will be a great combination, and we did do that.

We built a market at IEX that does not sell certain types of technology advantages to high-frequency traders, and as a result, the high-frequency traders that didn't rely on buying those advantages trade on IEX.

I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.

Some traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can.

You can still sit under the tree where Dr. Livingstone negotiated with slave traders to set people free.

High-frequency traders are firms all around the world. They're massive investments. And there is an incredible race for speed now. People are paying hundreds of millions of dollars to shave milliseconds off.

I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.

Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple.

We've always had periods when something came in vogue, ... This is different because of the Internet. It keeps on going and the riches just keep astounding everybody. All the traders that come up today naturally gravitate toward Internet stocks.

We're getting to a phase where European data could have more of an impact because a solid U.S. economic scenario is so widely expected. The markets are also very thin, so traders aren't taking on large amounts of risk.

What we're seeing this morning is in response to OPEC's comments and also some old-fashioned year-end book squaring. Oil prices rose sharply and then fell. The market is doing some to-and-fro action, where traders saw the fluctuations and thought about pulling back instead of buying at the higher prices.

U.S. refineries prefer a lighter grade of crude than OPEC can add right now. The big problem is the refining issue. Now with another storm threatening the Gulf, and the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning. We really don't need another storm near the producing areas at all.

U.S. refineries prefer a lighter grade of crude than OPEC can add right now, ... The big problem is the refining issue. Now with another storm threatening the Gulf, and the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning. We really don't need another storm near the producing areas at all.

With the Internet, the information divide between professional traders and individual investors has become very small.

Personally I don't think day traders are speculating, because traditional speculation requires some market knowledge. They are, instead, gambling, which doesn't.

World oil prices jumped again this week as the price of crude oil traded above $63 per barrel. Seasonal maintenance being performed at gasoline refineries will temporarily limit gasoline production. The near future will probably continue to show lots of ups and downs, and traders react to news of almost any sort.

Word from the floor is that volume is light and traders are really awaiting tomorrow's data to decide where we go from here, so we are range bound at the moment.

We have seen a lot of traders buying on pull backs but then taking small profits as the market recovers rather than sitting on their positions waiting for a big market move.

We'll be looking at it (Greenspan's speech) a lot more closely than we normally do, but I don't know if we'd ever look at it the same bond traders do. To them everything he says is gospel. It's only once every couple of years we even know what he's saying.

The fact is that these bankers and traders are taking claims of wealth out of the system; they are not doing any productive work.

The production increase is more than what traders were expecting. We are going to see some more output in non-OPEC countries such as Mexico and Norway, and the second quarter is typically a period of seasonal slower demand, so those all those factors will play into an easing in oil prices.

If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader.

We have a professional market going on right now. The individual has just abandoned it and you've got traders jerking it around. If you're playing in the market, what's your best way to make quick gains? Pick the higher volatility stocks. What are those? Tech stocks.

We have a professional market going on right now, ... The individual has just abandoned it and you've got traders jerking it around. If you're playing in the market, what's your best way to make quick gains? Pick the higher volatility stocks. What are those? Tech stocks.

There are two sets of people who clearly made a lot of money last year ? the producers and traders as the price escalated.

When the market is moving, it's like a magnet that draws money and traders to it.

When traders were able to earn a million dollars, of which base pay was $150,000 to $200,000 and the rest was bonus, they would go for it. Now if you're sitting there earning $600,000, you become less risk-seeking. And if you have less risk-seeking, the ability of the market to be incredibly volatile is increased.

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Short-term traders are disappointed after they'd hoped for a large upward revision.

Silver has new sponsorship. We are starting to see new funds coming into silver. Part of it has to do with the fact that a lot of traders who follow gold and silver think the silver/gold ratio was out of kilter.

Short-term direction is still heavily dependent on the currencies, however, with the market set to trade sideways around $405-30 for a while as traders continue to weigh up the latest economic news from the U.S., Europe and Japan,

Shorter-term momentum traders are taking their profits right now, and longer-term investors are sitting on cash waiting for a better buying opportunity. The problem is, to get a better buying opportunity, prices have to drop lower.

Since there was no expression of concern at the yen's strength, traders interpreted this as a green light to resume their yen buying,

Most traders will really be positioning for the October employment report. Economists are expecting that non-farm payrolls rose by approximately 50,000 during the month, providing evidence that with two straight months of employment growth, the jobs picture is finally turning around.

Most traders are expecting that the bull-run in the market is unchanged. But with prices at these higher levels, and now that stability has returned after the recent volatility, traders are taking a more wait-and-see approach.

Most of the traders are looking at the Iranian issue over the bearish inventory report.

Mild profit-taking set in and partly erased earlier gains. I believe the sustainability of the index above the 16,000 point level would really depend on the fund flow and market sentiment. Mixed showing at Wall Street overnight may have kept some traders cautious.

Momentum traders will not want to sell -- if this month's trajectory continues, then gold will be at $568 by year-end and $649 by the end of February.

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Numerous academic studies have shown that amateur investors make poor traders - buying stocks for the wrong reasons, holding losers for too long, and acting on whims and emotions.

Now you've got the herd mentality rushing to the fore. This whole thing is nothing more than a reality check: it's a warning shot across the bow of the tech sector. The day traders and the tech-heavy investors, I think, are a little scared right now.

On the day, you're just seeing traders take some profits in response to an overbought condition after the rally, but longer-term there is a real concern about the bond market being at a 45-year low and the risks of deflation.

If we get there really quickly, it will back off, because the traders have been caught by surprise. The have been shorting the market, because technically it should be going down, so it will back off rather quickly. If it takes longer to get up there, then, I think, it will hold.

If we get there (Dow 10,000) really quickly, it will back off, because the traders have been caught by surprise. They have been shorting the market, because technically it should be going down, so it will back off rather quickly. If it takes longer to get up there, then, I think, it will hold.

If we come back on Monday and there is no new hurricane and Wilma has not done any damage to oil and gas production, then I think traders will be selling almost in relief,

But because traders tend to trade so frequently, those aren't major disadvantages, ... And the advantage of being able to deduct all of your losses is very attractive.

Basically you've got a bunch of traders trying to outguess Mother Nature -- aswe also recently did with crude-oil futures and the two previous hurricanes.

Basically, it was a great period for traders - some of them made a lot of money and some of them lost a lot of money.

China has become one of the largest traders and investors with many Asian countries.

I can tell you traders aren't thrilled by that idea.

I found that options traders - the Amex was mainly an options exchange - routinely conspired to keep as wide as possible the spreads between the prices investors paid and the prices floor traders paid for the same securities.

Given such high copper prices, no traders dare to put on short positions, and that's why volume reduced. Some traders pulled investments from copper into aluminum, betting gains in aluminum might be bigger.

He welcomes the discourse because he understands there are two sides to every trade and people need to understand why there are traders who are betting against them. I can't stress that enough.

Hedge funds don't necessarily move in the same direction at the same time. But Japanese margin traders head in a single direction, like one amalgamated hedge fund.

We're oil traders now because currencies are trading so closely off oil. All the risk now is that the hurricane does not have all the negative effects for the U.S. economy.

Gold closed out the week on a firmer yet inconclusive note as traders squared logbooks ahead of the weekend.

I wouldn't position for sharp movements -- so close to the New Year investors won't want to take massive positions. My traders say that liquidity flowing is half of a normal market.

It appears that options traders are bracing for volatility in Heinz and the increase in call volume suggests that many are positioning for a move higher. This might be due to the acquisition talks, but also an earnings report due out before the opening bell on February 28.

It also gives traders who are looking to add some more diversity to their portfolio away from resources some solid looking opportunities.

It could be that the traders got a tiny bit of power and that was judged to be way too much.

I think the market is performing fine. We're due for a little rest and that's what you're seeing. We've had some nice days, but the volume is light, the dollar is a little weaker, and traders don't want to hold their positions ahead of the weekend.

I think the positive tone has been reinforced this week. Going forward into next week, there's no doubt traders are starting to anticipate that the second half of the year is going to start to be a positive building point.

I think a lot of traders are watching from home,

I think traders are quick to take profits right now, because what else is there that stocks can do for an encore in the short term? We're still in an uptrend, but the probability right now, from a technical standpoint, is that we're going to have a little more selling.

Last week, there was an attack by terrorists in Saudi Arabia and that's why the market jumped, but the Saudi authorities were successful in foiling the attack so this calmed the market a bit, prompting traders to have a reason to sell.

People are rolling over contracts. Traders in this market need to be fully in.

Over the weekend traders aren't able to respond to any political news. It's safer to be long than short.

Statistics have shown demand was reduced on a year-on-year basis in September and October. Traders are concerned that they may end up seeing slower demand again in November.

Liquidity has generally gone from the market. I don't think traders would be particularly aggressive and strap additional risk on.

The 30-year will be of particular interest to traders as it will be the first auction in almost 5 years.

The active traders are very disruptive to the fund managers. My accounts are in the hundreds of thousands, but some of these timers are money managers with millions of dollars.

The answer, I believe, is that there are too many oil traders engaging in oil price speculation. They will likely keep prices up until an oil market collapse. That day is not too far away, I believe,

The American day traders have popped up in Russia for the first time.

I would not expect investors and traders to make any big bets ahead of the number tomorrow. It clues us in on growth in the economy but also inflation.

While the comments from Fed officials suggest they are close to finishing, the Fed may still have a few bullets left in its gun. Traders aren't willing yet to dump dollars.

We're all watching the temperatures now, if they go down, there'll be a rush to buy. But most traders are just looking at the short term rather than the medium or long term.

With the US new home sales proving to be a positive surprise, traders who are still holding short dollar positions are likely to continue adjusting their positions this week.

Trend is the friend in this market and certainly traders wouldn't like to bet against the commodity stocks in this environment.

The pre-FOMC caution and lull in the marketplace appears to give traders little reason to put on aggressive positions, ... The Japanese yen extended its recent gains as the Mori government upgraded its assessment of economic conditions.

Two weeks ago traders thought there was no chance. If you had asked me Thursday, I would have said less than a 50 percent chance (of a December hike), at best I would have said a 50-50 chance. Now it looks pretty likely.

Volume should be very light next week, with a lot of portfolio managers and traders out on vacation. But less liquidity also tends to exaggerate moves in either direction, so retail investors should be cautious.

Traders were watching a sinking dollar and the apparent diversion of petro-dollar profits into bullion (a repeat of the pattern that was last visible in the gold run of 1980).

Traders were very active in Macquarie Bank, buying into the stock as it broke out of its recent downward trend.

Traders were really preparing for the worst. I think the reading is very much a cause for relief.

traders switched focus from a fall in crude inventories to a general surplus of oil and signs of falling demand.

Traders remain extremely nervous about gasoline supplies, especially with the switch to ethanol nationwide.

Traders normally try to use the supply story to push rates higher.

Traders need to understand that the supply-demand situation is much tighter in fact, especially since U.S. Gulf of Mexico operations are still mostly down. Demand is still strong, and can only rise in coming months.

Traders have jumped on the headline and people have shouted out China is going to make the currency convertible. China is not going to make the currency convertible; they are going to allow domestic investors to invest in foreign markets.

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Traders found some weakness in the factory orders in the ISM report after digging around.

Traders believe at least for the short term, that the run will continue in the current environment. Commodities have opened the week stronger.

Traders are worried that if this situation deteriorates, supply from Nigeria would be at risk.

Traders are uncertain of the full effects Katrina will have on production. Added to the poor consumer confidence figures on Friday, investors will have no confidence for a quick recovery in time for the next reporting season.

Traders are uncertain of the full effects Katrina will have on production.

Traders are now starting to worry more about demand destruction than about supply disruptions.

Traders are now more concerned about the psychological impact of the hurricanes that has seriously caught American consumers, cutting back on consumption.