«Speed doesn’t pay like it used to» – why algorithms are no longer the stars of Wall Street.

From Weekly Filet #115, in June 2013.

How the Robots Lost: High-Frequency Trading’s Rise and Fall

How the Robots Lost: High-Frequency Trading’s Rise and Fall

Bloomberg Businessweek

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