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Old 03-22-2010, 01:19 PM  
Joshua G
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Originally Posted by Fire View Post
What economics school did you go to?

Stock prices are determined by supply and demand. When there are more sellers than buyers the price falls and when there are more buyers than sellers the price rises. Wall Street doesn't set the price of a stock, the buyers and sellers do. Wall Street was just the central location that the trades take place.
You should do some homework on market making, program trading & hi frequency trading strategies. Minute to minute, prices are manipulated by market makers so they make instant profits off price discrepancies over different MMs & exchanges. good luck.
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