Ghost Exchange (2013)

Ghost Exchange: Directed by Camilla Sullivan, Rob Lyall. With James Angel, Sal Arnuk, Linda Semans Donovan, Eric Scott Hunsader. ‘Ghost Exchange’ probes the volatile state of U.S. capital markets and their critical impact on America’s economic future. The film explores the acceleration of the evolution of U.S. stock exchanges, and uncovers the risks resulting from this wholesale adoption. Wall Street has transformed from the world of human touch trading, to computer algorithm trading- where stocks are owned for mere microseconds. The thought-provoking documentary also examines how recent financial headlines are a direct result of automated systems running unchecked. The capital market system that many considered as the world’s best, may have been inadvertently lost by the pursuit of speed and efficiencies that we still do not truly understand. Wall Street has become a ‘ghost exchange’.

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