Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

If investor trust in Wall Street and confidence in our regulatory system have not been sufficiently battered, Michael Lewis’ provocative new book, “Flash Boys,” may be enough to deliver the final blow ...

Electrical engineering students rarely leave college with knowledge depth in both digital electronics and RF/microwave theory. The new engineer with digital design skills likely chose that path from a ...

Q: It seems that advertising the frequency response of audio equipment is no longer done. I would really prefer to have the report of an objective measurement before me to start with and then evaluate ...

Frequency response may well be one of the most misunderstood and frequently abused speaker specifications that any consumer has to deal with. An Axiom customer emailed me with the following query: ...

Long before accurate timing was needed for computers, the radio transmitters of the 1920s and 1930s needed to stay on frequency, and considerable effort had to be maintained to keep a tuned-circuit ...

Since fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first discovered over a decade ago, scientists have puzzled over what could be generating these intense flashes of radio waves from outside of our galaxy. In a ...

Interference from radio noise remains a big problem... and it's tricky enough that the FCC wants your help understanding the issue in the first place. The agency has put out a call for public input ...

High-frequency trading (HFT) is a type of investing that relies heavily on the use of algorithms to scan the market and capitalize on small, frequent trades. This style of trading relies on powerful ...