The New York Times Unleashed On High Frequency Trading

High frequency trading has official gone mainstream. From the New York Times:

"It is the hot new thing on Wall Street, a way for a handful of traders to master the stock market, peek at investors? orders and, critics say, even subtly manipulate share prices.

It is called high-frequency trading ? and it is suddenly one of the most talked-about and mysterious forces in the markets.

Nearly everyone on Wall Street is wondering how hedge funds">hedge funds and large banks like Goldman Sachs are making so much money so soon after the financial system nearly collapsed. High-frequency trading is one answer."

Read the whole thing here.

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