Below is part of an article appearing in ‘TABB Forum, Where capital 
markets speak’, in response to Congressman Markey’s call for an 
immediate ban on HFT.  
 
‘Congressman Markey, in a letter to the SEC on January 18, declared that
 HFT “represents a clear and present danger to the stability and safety 
of [US] capital markets and that it should be curtailed immediately.” 
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