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Equity Crowdfunding: A Market For Lemons?, Darian M. Ibrahim
Equity Crowdfunding: A Market For Lemons?, Darian M. Ibrahim
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High-Speed Trading On Stock And Commodity Markets - From Courier Pigeons To Computers, Jerry W. Markham
High-Speed Trading On Stock And Commodity Markets - From Courier Pigeons To Computers, Jerry W. Markham
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A growing concern in the stock and commodity markets over the last several years has been the rise of high-frequency traders (HFTs). Those traders employ high-speed computer technology for the algorithmic origination, transmission and execution of their orders through fiber optic cables and microwave towers. That technology allows HFT orders to be executed in times measured in fractions of a second. As a result of this technological advance, HFTs are now dominating trading volumes. This phenomenon has, on the one hand, led to claims by proponents of highspeed trading that HFTs are an important source of market liquidity and should …