This is a guest post by Barry Ritholtz, editor of The Big Picture Blog and author of the newly released book, Bailout Nation.

Over the past five years, I have appeared on various Financial TV shows over a 100 times. But I am also a huge consumer of financial news, in print, on the web, radio, and of course, TV. Being on both sides of the camera gives me a fairly good perspective on what does and doesn’t work on TV. I also have some strong ideas as to what is good and bad TV in terms of providing a social utility, being part of the democratic process, etc.

Indeed, this is a longstanding interest of mine. Over the weekend, I referenced the current Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) issue that focused on the role of the media in the credit crisis, stock market and economic

Brokerage firm Kotak Securities today tied up with Denmark-based Saxo Capital Markets to launch a trading platform that provides real-time access to equities across 24 stock exchanges.
 
Kotak Trader provides direct access to equities, ETF’s and Real Estate Investment Trusts spanning 24 stock exchanges across the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia, Kotak Securities said in a release.

Kotak Securities Executive Director D Kannan said: “With the growing appetite of Indian investors for overseas investing, we are introducing Kotak Trader which aims to provide the opportunity for the investor to truly diversify their portfolio across geographies, sectors and exchanges.”

Kotak Trader, the global online trading platform provided by Saxo Capital Markets, will provide transparent pricing, real-time streaming news, charting and data analysis system, he said.

What will be the role of Kotak Securities Ltd.?
Kotak Securities Ltd. is an introducing broker to

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