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Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American attorney, academic, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for consumer protection, economic equality, and corporate regulation. Warren gained national recognition for her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has focused on issues such as student debt relief and healthcare reform during her tenure in the Senate.

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Jul 7, 2014

But I at least want to ask the question how it is that--this is the principal claim for high-frequency trading, is that it provides liquidity in the marketplace.

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Jul 7, 2014

SEC Chair White's plan for a holistic review of the equity markets.

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Jul 7, 2014

I think the exchanges are working toward improving those situations.

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Jul 7, 2014

High-frequency traders are not making money by taking on risk.

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Jul 7, 2014

Lack of trust in the stock market means less capital for growing companies, slower growth in the economy, slower job growth.

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Jul 7, 2014

So you are saying it is just a mixed fund at this point, and it was never a high-frequency trading fund primarily or exclusively?

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Jul 7, 2014

If you are buying a stock and turning it around and selling it within a minute, within a second later to someone else, how does that provide liquidity to the markets?

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Jul 7, 2014

Fifteen percent is not a good number. And this matters because people are not going to invest in the stock market if they do not trust it.

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Jul 7, 2014

All right. I am out of time. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Jul 7, 2014

So you are saying you do not do high-frequency trading?

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Jul 7, 2014

Confidence in the market seems to be going down.

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Jul 7, 2014

I do not think we can overstate the importance of investor confidence, and that means investors have got to believe that these markets work.

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Jul 7, 2014

When a company can claim to be trading on stocks and come out ahead 1,237 days out of 1,238 days, you can see why some people think the game is rigged for the big buys to make money and everybody else to lose.

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Jun 25, 2014

Actually, then, let me switch it over to Ms. Lhamon. Do you use these data as part of your enforcement strategies and designing your enforcement strategies?

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Jun 25, 2014

Are there other data that you should be collecting or that you would find helpful in making your decisions about where you have compliance and where you don't that you feel ought to be there?

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Jun 25, 2014

Data can be a powerful tool in helping us understand the problems we face and possible solutions.

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Jun 25, 2014

And do you make all of those reports public when you do these analyses? Are you putting them out there, making them public?

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Jun 25, 2014

They should at the least feel safe on campus, and they should feel confident that if they are victims of crimes, the people around them will respond quickly and with respect and compassion.

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Jun 25, 2014

Does that mean they're not reporting data, either? Do they report data to you?

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Jun 25, 2014

So you collect no data from the military academies?

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Jun 24, 2014

I want to thank you for highlighting, once again, the importance of dealing with student loan debt.

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Jun 24, 2014

But as we talk about the impact on the overall economy, there is a question about whether this weak labor force participation and low wage jobs is cause or effect or if it is both.

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Jun 24, 2014

We can bring down the interest rate on student loans, put more money into students' pockets.

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Jun 24, 2014

It seems like we are playing a game of Whack-A-Mole. As we address some sources of risk, others start popping up.

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