Investors Lose All Hope

Whatever faith investors regained in the stock market between the huge sell-off that caused lows in the spring of 2009 and the recovery that peaked this last July is gone. Is it any wonder? Between rumors that lift stocks by double digits in a matter of minutes and high frequency trades which have an average latency of as low as 126 microseconds, American investors think they are “gamed” each trading day. The winners of these games are experts who know more than they do, or can an act more quickly on knowledge that only the professionals have.