Stern Advice: 5 reasons to start day trading now - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - We all know what we are supposed to say about day trading: It's horrible, a scam, a vestige of the 1990s tech boom, and just for naive chumps. But still, there are days when it would be nice to lock in a big win, or pile into a favorite stock when it seems to be beaten up. In an era of flash crashes, computerized trading, whipsawing volatility and sell orders that cost ...

System glitch halts some trading on TSE - The Tokyo Stock Exchange suffered its biggest system glitch in six years Thursday, temporarily suspending trade of 241 stocks and other financial instruments for more than three hours. The TSE detected errors and suspended operations of its system known as arrowhead before the day's opening at 9 a.m. Full trading started at the end of the normal lunch break at 12:30 p.m.

Ethics panel probes congressman in insider-trading investigation - WASHINGTON -- The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating the House Financial Services Committee chairman over possible violations of insider-trading laws. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., who holds one of the House's most influential positions, has been a frequent trader on Capitol Hill, buying stock options while overseeing the nation's banking and financial services industries.

Guidewire Software Celebrates Initial Public Offering and First Day of Trading on the New York Stock Exchange - Guidewire Software, a leading insurance technology company, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GWRE” after its initial public offering in which it raised $115 million in gross proceeds.

FX Alliance IPO closes up 14.5% after price cut - (Updates with closing stock price data.) Foreign-exchange trading platform FX Alliance Inc. FX continued this week's winning streak in the U.S. IPO market, with its stock rising Thursday. Like three of the four companies that have debuted so far this week, FX Alliance had to cut its asking price before investors embraced its deal; all previous stocks this week have also ended up with first-day ...

Tokyo Stock Exchange Computer Outage Sparks Biggest Trading Halt Since ’06 - The Tokyo Stock Exchange suffered its biggest disruption in six years as a computer glitch halted trading in 241 securities including shares of Sony Corp. (6758) and Hitachi Ltd. (6501) , leaving investors concerned the bourse isn’t ready for a merger with its Osaka rival.

As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks - Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google, whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago.

Stocks close higher after debt deal in Greece - The stock market finally got a deal in Greece, but it didn't produce much of a rally.

10 Steps To Building A Winning Trading Plan - Its impossible to avoid disaster without trading rules - make sure you know how to devise them for yourself.

Tokyo Stock Exchange trading floored after server outage - Trading was floored on Thursday at the Tokyo Stock Exchange when a server broke down, causing the worst disruption to activities since 2008.