dagblog - Comments for "&#039;Parasitic&#039; Sugar Speculators Blamed for Volatility" http://dagblog.com/link/parasitic-sugar-speculators-blamed-volatility-8951 Comments for "'Parasitic' Sugar Speculators Blamed for Volatility" en Algorithmic traders are http://dagblog.com/comment/106390#comment-106390 <a id="comment-106390"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/parasitic-sugar-speculators-blamed-volatility-8951">&#039;Parasitic&#039; Sugar Speculators Blamed for Volatility</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Algorithmic traders are computers programs.  They have no independent judgement.</p><p>Liquidity is money.   The more money chasing or fleeing anything is going to raise and crash its prices, respectively.  </p><p>Of course those traders are causing price volatility.</p><p>Who are the people at ICE?  They are people who make money from transactions so increasing volatility is probably not something that overly concerns them.</p><p>And when did the BBC start emulating FoxNews' 'fair and balanced' reporting style?</p></div></div></div> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:55:56 +0000 EmmaZahn comment 106390 at http://dagblog.com