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World Service,05 Oct 2010,18 mins

The rise of the machines

Business Daily

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Do high frequency traders bring liquidity to financial markets and drive down prices, or do they risk the stabilty of the financial system? Adam Sussman Director of Research for the TABB group, guides us through computer trading. But Joe Saluzzi, the co-head of equity trading at Themis Trading disputes the idea. And Mark Holt, head of technology at the hedge fund BlueCrest Capital Management explains how algorithmic trading works. Plus the future of computing is probably in your pocket. Our regular technology commentator Jeremy Wagstaff explains.

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