Wry On The Rocks

The New York Stock Exchange today announced that you can now lose your money much faster than before.  The Exchange customers can “now see trades executed within five milliseconds compared to 103 milliseconds previously.”  This is an effort to improve their position in the competitive world of trading firms and bolster their image.

I have an idea to improve their image:  how about not referring to stock transactions as executions !

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