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Ali MacGraw gives an overview of the Santa Fe Folk Art Market now in its 5th year July 12-13, 2008. Info call 505-476-1187 or www.folkartmarket.org

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The philosophy of Prudential Rubloff’s Web efforts is to provide information that is “fresh and appropriate” for today’s home buyers. In this video interview with Joe Zekas of YoChicago.com and NewHomeNotebook.com, Rubloff President Michael Pierson talks about some of the features of the new additions to Rubloff.com, including a “market watch” report that gives real-time data about properties and neighborhoods.

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In recent years, a confluence of factors created a new reality in the world of equity trading. The emergence of ultra sophisticated electronic trading methods, simultaneously with stock exchanges converting to for-profit and the SEC’s Regulation NMS, have brought on an explosion in trading volume.

Compounded by flawed regulation and lax oversight, this new marketplace is dominated by tech savvy, secretive, predatory and highly profitable trading programs, exploiting traditional investors who are usually oblivious.

High frequency trading systems are proprietary computer programs whose automated algorithmic software initiates trades with the goal of collecting rebates from the exchanges and/or detecting institutional order flow, and then execute buy/sell orders ahead of that flow.

These programs are designed to automatically front run investors. They have an information advantage, and they unnecessarily increase volatility, cause retail and institutional investors to chase artificial prices, make markets less efficient and systematically transfer wealth away from ordinary investors.

They also have a huge market share, and thus often dominate the market and determine its direction. Their hidden cost adversely impacts the financial well-being of all of us.

Some very large and well known Wall Street institutions are involved in this practice. Ever wondered how Goldman Sachs is making so much money so soon after the financial system nearly collapsed? High-frequency trading is one answer: recall that Goldman Sachs recently sued a former employee for allegedly stealing certain trading software Goldman said is responsible for substantial trading profits.

Alan Schram is the Managing Partner of Wellcap Partners, a Los Angeles based investment firm. Email at aschram@wellcappartners.com

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12_29_09 Gerald Celente on Fox Business; 2010 Market Trends

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Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Craig Moffett, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., talks with Bloombergs Margaret Brennan about Comcast Corp.s fourth-quarter profit reported today.
Comcast, the largest U.S. cable company said earnings more than doubled to 33 cents a share from 14 cents a year earlier. Moffett also discusses Comcasts plan to buy a 51 percent stake in General Electric Co.s NBC Universal. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Famed trends researcher Gerald Celente gives his take on what to expect for 2010.

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Winnemac Park, bounded by Damen and Foster avenues and Argyle and Leavitt streets, is one of Ravenswood’s most popular neighborhood amenities. Joe Askins of YoChicago.com and NewHomeNotebook.com and Realtor Eric Rojas of Rubloff Residential Properties visited the park in early May 2009 to talk about the draw of Ravenswood for home buyers.

Eric ends his tour of Ravenswood by talking about the current state of the condo and single-family home market in Ravenswood.

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