Traders

The continuing investigation disclosed that stock-loan traders at several large brokerage firms funneled millions of dollars in fraudulent "finder fees" to their co-conspirators, often where no finders´ services had been rendered, in exchange for cash bribes and, in some instances, payments to the traders, or the traders´ relatives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The word “Kofán” had no meaning in the language; it was simply the term traders and the early Spanish missionaries had used to describe the tribe. ❋ Wade Davis (1996)

That said, even if the stock does continue to gain over the balance of the week, waiting for a pullback to take prices lower before buying remains the most prudent approach for short term traders and active investors alike. ❋ David Penn (2011)

In addition to trading in oversold territory, COST finished at 7-day closing lows, another aspect of the stock's current pullback that short term traders looking to buy weakness may find attractive. ❋ David Penn (2011)

When short term traders trade a trend line ie the correction mentioned above, they have a bias based on the short term economic backdrop.

Although some short term traders have been lightening up on positions, investors don't appear to be selling.

As Roger Martin reminds us in Fixing the Game, the after-market in buying and selling publicly traded shares, and the noise generated by earnings and price expectations that flow from that going-public moment, are for everyone else in the game -- especially the short-term traders and speculators. ❋ Judith Samuelson (2011)

The average comp of Chicago pit traders is under $100k (and a lot less for ancillary staff). ❋ Unknown (2009)

More than 100 people including farmers, grain traders and executives from commercial grain companies attended the U.S. ❋ Tom Polansek (2010)

Grain traders expect they have already seen the worst in terms of downgrades to world wheat output but could still see a decline in the USDA's domestic corn-output estimate. ❋ Ian Berry (2010)

"There are inventory expectations out there for draws in crude…so short-term traders may have been covering their positions," Mr. Donovan said, adding that investors who used trading strategies that profit from lower prices may have canceled their positions by purchasing futures contracts in the afternoon. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

The market became increasingly driven by short-term traders, including hedge funds, and those investors now have driven stocks to their lowest levels in more than a year. ❋ E.S. Browning (2011)

"Short-term traders migrated toward things that would benefit from a short-term announcement at the Fed meeting in Jackson Hole," says Andy Brooks , head of U.S. stock trading at Baltimore investment-management firm T. ❋ E. S. Browning (2011)

At issue was an investor lawsuit alleging that Janus maintained secret agreements allowing certain hedge funds to engage in market-timing transactions, a practice in which sophisticated short-term traders can exploit inefficiencies in the pricing of a fund's shares. ❋ Brent Kendall (2011)

These products are designed for short-term traders, says Tim Edwards , a vice president at Barclays Capital. ❋ Sarah Morgan (2011)

Not everyone is convinced there's going to be meaningful repatriation flows beyond short-term traders. ❋ Tom Lauricella (2011)