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July 31, 2009

Podcast: Algorithmic Trading Angst; SGI Roadmap Redux

This week's topics include:

Bad Press for High Frequency Trading
SGI Reaffirms Support for Itanium

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Posted by Michael Feldman - July 31, 2009 @ 5:29 PM, Pacific Daylight Time

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re: Algo trading Angst
Submitted by jshore on Aug 1, 2009 @ 4:42 AM EDT

I think you got most of it right in that one needs to weigh the algo profits in comparison to the size of the whole market. The profits from algo pale in comparison to the size of business activity in, say the FX market.

One of the commentators mentioned that our current crisis was due to computer manipulation in the CDO market. This is not at all the case. CDOs in fact are rarely traded electronically and are more of an over the counter (via phone) type transaction.

The main issue was the greed of issuers of CDOs and other credit products, where they should have known that they were issuing junk.

The blame also lies with the american / western consumer. Consumers have become used to a lifestyle beyond their means, many having accumulated crippling debt to obtain it.

And finally, blame lies with past economic governance for deflating the internet bubble with cheap credit, creating a new bubble and a generation of overconsumers.

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