Season 1 Episode 2 The Amazing Electronic Stock Market
Manage episode 465438196 series 3644902
For the first 200 years of its existence, the New York Stock Exchange operated as a virtual monopoly. Then in 2007, the SEC decided that the NYSE needed more competition, and miraculously 12 new electronic exchanges appeared. Their electronic infrastructure was a game changer. New electronic traders entered the mix and dramatically altered the markets pricing mechanism.
13 episodes