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This title considers how the inclusion of electronic call auction trading would affect the performance of our US equity markets. The papers it contains focus on the call auction and its role in a hybrid market structure. The purpose is to increase understanding of this trading environment, and to consider the design of a more efficient stock market. Call auction is a form of trading that died out in the pre-computer age but is making its re-entrance as an electronic marketplace. Batching orders for simultaneous execution at a single moment in time at a single price is the essence of call auction trading. Because its determination is based on the full set of orders, the clearing price in a call auction can be thought of as a "consensus value". This contrasts with a continuous market where a transaction is made any time a buy and sell order meet in price, and where price generally fluctuates as the orders meet. Recent advances in computer technology have considerably expanded the call auction's functionality.The book is divided into three parts; the first, "Call Auction Trading", gives an overview of this trading environment; the second, "Investor Trading Practices and the Demand for Immediacy", contains the findings of four institutional trader surveys; the third, "Market Structure: The Broader Picture", presents a more inclusive view of the development of market structure.

Whether you are just getting acquainted with the joys of running or you can recite the brand and model number of your last 12 pairs of running shoes, you'll identify with this book as runners did with the popular first volume, I Run, Therefore I Am—Nuts!Best-selling running humorist Bob Schwartz—the Dave Barry of running—is back and will once again have you laughing as he captures the humor, craziness, and obsessions of runners—new and old—with this new collection of 43 hilarious stories. I Run, Therefore I Am— STILL Nuts! brings out the humor in situations that every runner can relate to: • Suffering from RWIA, otherwise known as running watch information addiction • The addictive nature of high-intensity interval training • The depths of despair upon learning your favorite shoe will be discontinued • Embracing the saving grace of age-graded race time calculators • Attempting to run with a reluctant canine companion • Trying out running in the oxymoron of barefoot shoes If you know that the iliotibial band is not an alternative rock group, wear bruised toenails like badges of honor, and know the feeling of having an elephant resting on your shoulders as you've hit the wall—this book is for you!