Why the Trading Halt Should Alarm Investors

Why the Trading Halt Should Alarm Investors
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Look out, China. The Big Board on Wednesday suspended trading in all stocks.

OK. Bad jokes aside, the sudden and unexplained halt in trading Wednesday at the New York Stock Exchange should alarm investors. Even if the NYSE is not the victim of cyber terrorism and is simply experiencing a regular technical glitch, if the exchange was forced to hit the “off” switch, it signals a vulnerability of a market that is almost entirely electronic and highly technical.

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