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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading CONVERSATION

Updated: March 15 2012,
Author: barrel fan
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Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Financial Investments, Financial Markets, Risk and Return
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Part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with author Robert Harris whose fictional take on Wall Street, “The Fear Index,” stresses the dangers of algorithm-driven, high-frequency trading.