Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter in the story of something called ?high frequency trading?. Investors have always valued being the first with the news. But high frequency trading is different: algorithms execute automatic trades, conducted by computers, at astonishing speeds. We ask: is the rapid growth of high frequency trading progress, or ? as some think ? a threat to the stability of the entire financial system?
Cato Daily Podcast - Challenging Government Surveillance Is Now More Difficult
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - How to lose money – fast!
Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter in the story of something called ?high frequency trading?. Investors have always valued being the first with the news. But high frequency trading is different: algorithms execute automatic trades, conducted by computers, at astonishing speeds. We ask: is the rapid growth of high frequency trading progress, or ? as some think ? a threat to the stability of the entire financial system?
Cato Daily Podcast - Obama Is No Bill Clinton
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Cato Daily Podcast - France Doubles Down on Big Government
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Cato Daily Podcast - Anonymous Speech: An American Tradition
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen? WS
There was controversy this week after Ye Shiwen, a young Chinese swimmer, won the 400 metre individual medley in fine style. A US swimming coach called the performance "disturbing", implying that she may have cheated. More or Less investigates the numbers and finds there's no statistical smoking gun.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?
There was controversy this week after Ye Shiwen, a young Chinese swimmer, won the 400 metre individual medley in fine style. A US swimming coach called the performance "disturbing", implying that she may have cheated. More or Less investigates the numbers and finds there's no statistical smoking gun.
Cato Daily Podcast - A Tiny Cut to Washington’s ‘Big Ed’
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