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Re:Norway Wealth Fund Outsmarts Flash Boys as Algorithms Aba... by wdewind on Monday November 17, 2014 @03:47PM (#8620432)
So why do they care so much? Are they literally paying more because the idea of HFT burns their cookies?
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Re:Norway Wealth Fund Outsmarts Flash Boys as Algorithms Aba... by lrm242 on Monday November 17, 2014 @03:54PM (#8620481)
Because they suck at technology. Its easier and more justifiable to pay someone else to take on the risk and pension fund gets less variance in their execution costs.
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