Suggestions of a layman: High-frequency trading by supercomputers and other
forms of trading are not based on economic prognosis anymore, but on the
creation or observation of purely artificial hikes and breaks. This trading
behavior now constitutes so much of the market that 'old-school trading'
and its idea that the stock exchange best detects supply and demand makes
less sense. For the computer, supply and demand do not matter.

Prices for agricultural products, for instance, have doubled and tripled
and halved and doubled again independent of the size of the harvest.

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:10 PM, c b <[email protected]> wrote:

> Any thoughts on this contradiction's potential impact on the
> Occupation ?  Stock holder's democracy and all that..
>
>
> Charles
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