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The article discusses so-called high-frequency securities trading, in which securities are bought and sold via computer programs at a rate of thousands per second by individual traders. Efforts by stock exchanges in emerging markets such as Brazil and Singapore to install technology to attract high-...

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Publicado en:	Economist Vol. 396; no. 8695; pp. 60 - 62
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Economist Newspaper Limited 8/14/2010
Materias:	Securities trading Program trading (Securities) Electronic trading of securities Data processing in stock exchanges Emerging markets Developing countries Equipment & supplies
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Sumario:	The article discusses so-called high-frequency securities trading, in which securities are bought and sold via computer programs at a rate of thousands per second by individual traders. Efforts by stock exchanges in emerging markets such as Brazil and Singapore to install technology to attract high-frequency traders to their exchanges are examined.