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Kirsten Gillibrand: “High-frequency trading poses a dual risk: one, by creating a mechanism for bad actors to manipulate the markets through…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2014
High-frequency trading poses a dual risk: one, by creating a mechanism for bad actors to manipulate the markets through disruptive practices such as spoofing; and, two, by creating propensity to negatively affect market stability.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Highlighting risks associated with high-frequency trading.

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