Anonymous Coward User ID: 749245 United States 05/07/2010 03:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Stock Plunge was Computer Economy's Birth Cry of Sentience! [ link to www.transalchemy.com] To minimize error, we have begun to use artificial systems that buy and sell based on predetermined points of entries (stock values) - and while this type of trading keeps people at work and not worrying about their money, it also removes human decision-making from the process. Yet with all these safe-guards in place, we still experience anomalies, which only seem to be growing in severity, as we experience during the crash of 08 and the recent 1000 point swing. With the increased application of "intelligent" traders, why are we experiencing drastic market swings like what we saw yesterday? [ link to www.transalchemy.com] |