His vast Rolodex of tipsters included former business school classmates, fellow hedge fund traders and technology industry executives whose origins, like his, were from the Indian subcontinent.
You're going to tip off your brother-in-law, who is going to feed the tip to a third party, an active trader in technology stocks.
Having an understanding of the supply chain in Asia, where nearly all computers, tablets and smartphones are manufactured, can give technology traders an investment edge.
HoustonStreet.com (Private) www.houstonstreet.com CHIEFEXECUTIVE: Frank Getman MODEL: Marketplace DESCRIPTION: HoustonStreet is a tool for traders, using XML technology to "push" quots to Web browsers in real-time, much like terminals on proprietary systems such as Bloomberg.
With the right access and technology traders can shift the current of the markets with a touch of the day-trading-button.
Mr. Riggio, a technology trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, began making the 40-mile, two-hour trip in March, shortly after his office moved to Manhattan from Darien.
One such trader, an information technology graduate who saw a business opportunity in the booming illegal gold trade after failing to get a job in Kampala, travels from mine to mine, buying gold and carrying it back to the capital.
The most successful day-traders use advanced technology, such as software that bypasses browsers.
Doers and doings in business, entertainment and technology: Trader-turned-criminal Nick Leeson feels "an eerie sense of déjà vu".
These include: legal actions and regulations on illicit traders, countermeasures using technologies, consumer education and cooperation with enforcement agencies.
