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To: ggersh who wrote (265590)	8/1/2010 6:13:26 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

>>Why can't he STFU and go away and pass away in peace?<< I guess since the US economy is only half-destroyed, he figures he has to finish what he started......

To: ggersh who wrote (265590)	8/1/2010 6:24:38 PM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

HFT's are doing their part to help that old nut realize his dream. Competition between HFT systems today has reached the point where microseconds matter. Any edge one has to process information faster than a competitor makes all the difference in this game. If you could generate a large number of quotes that your competitors have to process, but you can ignore since you generated them, you gain valuable processing time. This is an extremely disturbing development, because as more HFT systems start doing this, it is only a matter of time before quote-stuffing shuts down the entire market from congestion. We think it played an active role in the final drop on 5/6/2010, and urge everyone involved to take a look at what is going on. nanex.net nanex.net "Ask Mountain" Over 56,000 quotes in 10 seconds

To: ggersh who wrote (265590)	8/1/2010 6:37:31 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

>>>>"Cheering the comeback of the stock market, Greenspan tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that a rising stock market will do more to stimulate the economy than any of the remedies now being discussed.."<<<< So now we see what he was up to. After his temporary caution over "irrational exuberance" he saw there was no popularity to be gained by taking away the punch bowl, so he got out the Everclear, poured it in, and spent some years playing the genial host to utter financial inebriation. Then he added some strong Bloody Marys to try to cure the hangover. The along came Bernanke and passed out cocaine.