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Dark pools of liquidity, or the secret stock market

The rapid growth of electronic trading since 1976 has benefited equity market participants by improving competition, reducing cost and increasing liquidity while insuring better pricing.

One unexpected side effect has been the recent emergence of "dark pools of liquidity", or the secret stock market.
posted to MetaFilter by Mutant at 10:14 AM on May 20, 2008 (21 comments)

How to become a DB Admin in two weeks?

How to become a DB Admin in two weeks?
posted to Ask Metafilter by zephyr_words at 1:26 PM on May 15, 2008 (8 comments)

Office War!

How do I start a good natured inter-office war?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Jofus at 4:33 AM on May 14, 2008 (21 comments)

Is Cory Doctorow Worth a damn?

Who to read besides Coupland, Stephenson, Gibson, and Sterling?
posted to Ask Metafilter by humannaire at 8:45 PM on April 13, 2008 (43 comments)

What are the world's most useful dead-tree catalogs?

What is the iconic (or just "your favorite") dead-tree product catalog (listing of merchandise for mail-order sale) for your hobby, industry, or trade?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cadastral at 9:23 AM on April 1, 2008 (73 comments)

StupidExcelQuestionFilter: Adding x and y axis labels

How do I add x and y axis labels to a chart in Excel 2008 for Macs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by peacheater at 1:59 PM on February 15, 2008 (2 comments)

Can you recommend some piano music?

Recently I've realized that I enjoy listening to piano music, but I'm not really familiar with it. Can you recommend CDs/compilations/pieces that I might like?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Quidam at 9:58 AM on December 16, 2007 (29 comments)

Land of Confusion

How do you cope when you seem to be surrounded on all sides by ineffectiveness and apathy ?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jmnugent at 3:27 PM on June 28, 2007 (45 comments)

Fall in love with sound

Looking for new music to get me going. Something somewhere around the bands "Soul Coughing" and "Sigur Ros". If anyone listens to & loves these guys like me, can you please help me find some new bands to love. Or really any great music anyone can suggest. Thanks everyone.
posted to Ask Metafilter by nintendo at 8:56 PM on June 13, 2007 (36 comments)

How do you deal with workplaces that don't work?

How do you deal with companies that are badly managed? Are all companies badly managed? Is the "real world" just an endless fight to try and get things done?
posted to Ask Metafilter by blacklite at 4:34 PM on June 5, 2007 (20 comments)

What is the legal justification for the US drinking age of 21?

In light of this NYC graffitti law being struck down what is the legal justification for the US drinking age of 21?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mitheral at 11:20 AM on February 6, 2007 (38 comments)

He thinks, therefore he is

What do people DO with graduate degrees (masters or doctoral) in philosophy?
posted to Ask Metafilter by konolia at 5:45 PM on January 7, 2007 (33 comments)

Help me escape my bed bug hell.

Help me escape my bed bug hell.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 2:28 PM on November 4, 2006 (18 comments)

Where can I find history content on iTunes?

Interesting history lectures on iTunes?
posted to Ask Metafilter by charlesv at 3:45 PM on December 23, 2006 (9 comments)

Halloween is over, but zombie eyes persist!

I suddenly (3 months ago) have "dark circles" under my eyes, what to do? I thought it may be fall allergies but winter has set in and no change.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacobjacobs at 12:20 PM on November 20, 2006 (18 comments)

Wordpress Madness

How do I move all the posts from a Blogspot account to my new blog?
posted to Ask Metafilter by LoopyG at 10:17 AM on October 14, 2006 (5 comments)

give me a double shot of organic antioxidants!

What's a fairly tasty, "healthy" alcoholic cocktail you can order at a bar? I'm interested in something without the high fructose corn syrup of "well juices" or filled with cream, but with <= 20% alcoholic content and cheap?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lpctstr; at 11:33 AM on August 2, 2006 (39 comments)

Lumpy Earth---gravity's effects on us?

Gravity/Life/SocietyFilter: So the Earth is all lumpy, with more or less gravity in some places. Has anyone ever corroborated it with life/social/world things? Many questions inside...
posted to Ask Metafilter by amberglow at 9:56 AM on February 18, 2006 (34 comments)
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