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The Arms Race for Speed in Financial Markets

Geoff Riley

22nd November 2016

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In this report from BBC Newsnight, David Grossman investigates how traders are using algorithms to make millions and how millisecond differences in the speed of signals from A to B can make a huge difference to high-frequency traders in financial markets.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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