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High Frequency Trading - Huge Deals in Microseconds

April 22, 2014

Whether in London, New York or Frankfurt, computers have taken over the bulk of trading at major stock exchanges. The sophisticated technology lets investors buy and sell equities in a fraction of a second.

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Critics warn that the high-speed trading puts the entire financial system at risk. A software glitch could cause an entire index to crash. Have we lost control of the financial system?