People Becoming Curious About High Frequency Trading… Too Curious?

July 20th, 2009 by Tyler Durden

The only benefit from Sergey's recent brush with Goldman Sachs, a/k/a the FBI, seems to have been an increased curiosity if not awareness in this most nebulous topic by pretty much everyone with an even remote interest in Wall Street... a 500% increase over one month in fact. The people demand answers: it is time for Goldman and the NYSE to provide much more color on just how High Frequency Trading impacts the general public's investing, or as it is correctly known these days speculating, decisions.


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