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Renaissance Technologies uses some kind of news aggregation/analysis (last I heard). Not sure of its cost benefit. Google is probably restricted from trading itself, but I am sure they could provide some kind of "news market data" if they wanted to. That would be pretty sweet... actually.

The answer to this really depends on what you want to do. If your issue really is all about an iterative loop taking too long then C++ will do you just fine (and is the standard in finance for this sort of thing). I'd hazard a guess, however, and bet that your time issues are due to something...

Andy, thanks for the great response (and quick too!). I am not worried about the tuition reimbursement (my company's policy falls in the more generous of the ranges described). Your article and post indicate to me that these degrees are being worked on part time by people who already have jobs...

Just some background. I have a bachelors in computer science and have been working at a major US investment bank in NYC for 2.5 years (recruited out of college). For this time I've been working on the firm's order management and exchange connectivity platforms. It is becoming clear to me...