To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (36020 ) 10/4/2010 2:32:29 AM From: axial Read Replies (1) | Respond to Frank, on matters where we're not practitioners, we try to find ways to evaluate the information.invested in the sector. This has a dual effect. If an invested source speaks positively about a questionable practice, we give a certain "weight" to comments, in the same way we would give weight to tobacco company testimony about smoking. How about this for hyberbole?"The current equity market structure is under attack, brought on by a handful of politicians and some of the mainstream media who argue that the US system is fundamentally broken. Based largely on misunderstanding and perhaps other less forgivable reasons, these opponents are calling for major reviews, repairs, and outright intervention... go on the offense against those that would seek to regulate and/or tax the securities industry out of existence." batstrading.com the public interest and fairness . compelling financial interest in HFT which pays them very well, thank you. So we can no longer expect exchanges to give a rat's ass about investors, because nobody's paying them for that: quite the contrary.
