Attorney General Eric Holder says Department of Justice … – iPolitics

Attorney General Eric Holder says Department of Justice … – iPolitics

The Department of Justice is investigating high-frequency stock trading to see if any of the practices violate insider trading laws, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday.

Brokerage firms use high-frequency trading to get a jump on their competitors. Powerful computers analyze market information and then execute buy and sell orders for stocks within a fraction of a second.

“The Department is committed to ensuring the integrity of our financial markets — and we are determined to follow this investigation wherever the facts and the law may lead,” Holder told a House hearing in prepared remarks.

The practice has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months. The FBI confirmed this week that it has been investigating high-frequency trading firms for about a year. The Wall […]

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