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World Service,09 Jul 2013,17 mins
Robots Rule - The Risks and Rewards of Computerised Trading
Business DailyAvailable for over a year
What are the pros and cons of computerised stock market trading? BBC business editor Robert Peston looks at the increasing trend of high frequency traders who are using computers powered by algorithms that mimic what traders do. Is risk increased or decreased as we give machines ever more control over decisions to buy and sell? And, why silence is golden in the boardroom as in life.
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