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Algorithms on Wall Street and in the Rest of Our Lives
Knight Capital is a so-called "market maker," using high-speed computers to keep Wall Street fair and orderly. Last week it created chaos instead. It's the latest in a series of computer malfunctions that are giving some investors the jitters by trading stocks faster than the human brain can function.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readKnight Capital is a so-called "market maker," using high-speed computers to keep Wall Street fair and orderly. Last week it created chaos instead. It's the latest in a series of computer malfunctions that are giving some investors the jitters by trading stocks faster than the human brain can function. Have the benefits of fast trading reached their limits? What's the role of computer algorithms in other parts of our lives? You may be surprised.
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- 14:32Algorithms on Wall Street and in the Rest of Our LivesYou’re reading this
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