Internet message boards are often used to spread information in order to manipulate financial markets. Although this hypothesis is supported by many cases reported in the literature and in the media, the real impact of manipulation in online forums on financial markets remains an open question....

The Call Auction Alternative -- The Broad Perspective -- View From a Market Maker -- Alternative Call Auction Designs -- Darwinism vs. Protectionism In the US Equity Markets; the Case for Real Competition -- View from a Derivatives Exchange -- Integrating Call and Continuous Trading -- A Call...

I. Call Auction Trading -- 1 The Call Auction Alternative -- 2 The Call Market: Historical Artifact or Market Architecture of the Future -- 3 Call Market Trading: History, Economics, and Regulation -- 4 An Electronic Call Market: Its Design and Desirability -- 5 Electronic Call Market Trading --...

There are many studies on estimating retail investors in Indian Equity Market. However, each of them remains short on exact number. This paper is also an attempt to arrive at estimated number of retail investors in the Indian equity market and how it compares with rest of the world. We with our...