Archive for November, 2011
Thank You All
This year for Thanksgiving, my wife and I are cooking for 20 people. She doesn’t care that I’m a CEO. In the kitchen, she is still the boss and I have turkey duty. Still, I just can’t resist contributing my expertise. Last weekend, when I was shopping for ingredients, I decided we needed to plan [...]
Zecco Mobile for Android is Coming!
The last couple of months I’ve been writing about the many great improvements we’re rolling out at Zecco. No matter what I’m announcing, some of you never fail to ask: “What about Zecco Mobile for Android?” This makes sense of course, knowing how successful the Android platform has become. So, I’m pleased to let you [...]
Pilot of the New Zecco Trading Center Has Begun!
I’m not very good at waiting. Like many of you, I’ve been anticipating the release of the new Zecco Trading Center for a long time. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on conditional orders, extended hours trading, pre-built options strategies and all the other great features we’ve been working on so hard. So, I’m [...]
Japanese Pull a Swiss
Last Sunday night, Japan’s central bank intervened in the currency market. The Bank of Japan sold yen en masse in an effort to drive down the value of the yen. The move worked—at least initially—as the yen dropped against the dollar roughly 5%. Against the euro, the yen dropped about 3%. Interestingly, the move was [...]
Introducing Mario Draghi
The European Central Bank (ECB) is getting a new leader: Italy’s Mario Draghi. Draghi will replace the outgoing Jean-Claude Trichet—a Frenchman who came under tremendous criticism in recent months for his hawkish stance. Notably, Trichet opted to raise interest rates in the eurozone earlier in the year. Back then, the eurozone was far removed from [...]
