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3. A Transaction Tax like Europe would eliminate or reduce this graft

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 07:07 AM

Feb 2013

Nanosecond trading (and not holding) doesn't help the individual trader and drives them out of the market.

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Trading Shares in Milliseconds [View all] MindMover Feb 2013 OP

No, not doing fast trades. We're defeated before we start Warpy Feb 2013 #1

Seems to me that the big hedgefunds COULD manipulate the markets JDPriestly Feb 2013 #2

A Transaction Tax like Europe would eliminate or reduce this graft sfpcjock Feb 2013 #3

They aren't markets ... GeorgeGist Feb 2013 #4