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13. Ayup...the chart for the Baltic Dry Index is pretty damn scary. And consider these two items...

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 09:42 PM

Feb 2012

(note the MASSIVE spike in HFT activity from Aug 5, 2011 and later)

Presenting The "Rise Of The HFT Machine" - Visual Confirmation How SkyNet Broke The Stock Market On.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/presenting-rise-hft-machine-visual-confirmation-how-skynet-broke-stock-market-us-downgrade-day

Then this:

Guest Post: Has Derivatives Deleveraging Fueled The Stock Rally?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-has-derivatives-deleveraging-fueled-stock-rally

HFT traders creating a "market" that will save them from themselves??

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