U.S. stock markets no longer provide a transparent flow of data for properly pricing stocks. Instead, the system has become a "web of chaos," says Sal Arnuk, co-founder of Themis Trading and co-author of Broken Markets: How High Frequency Trading and Predatory Practices on Wall Street are Destroying Investor Confidence and Your Portfolio.
As scary as that might sound, there are some observers out there who believe that stock pricing may have improved as a result of these revolutionary changes. Clearly, there is considerable debate surrounding the question of whether or not digitization has been a net winner so far. One thing everyone agrees on, however, is that the changes to our markets have been breathtaking. Here are 10 crazy things you may not know about today's stock market.
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