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Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter in the story of something called 鈥榟igh frequency trading鈥�. Investors have always valued...
Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter in the story of something called 鈥榟igh frequency trading鈥�. Investors have always valued being the first with the news. But high frequency trading is different: algorithms execute automatic trades, conducted by computers, at astonishing speeds. We ask: is the rapid growth of high frequency trading progress, or 鈥� as some think 鈥� a threat to the stability of the entire financial system?
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