Quotes of the Day

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Friday, Jul. 24, 2009

Open quoteIt's become a technological arms race, and what separates winners and losers is how fast they can moveClose quote

  • JOSEPH M. MECANE,
  • employee of NYSE Euronext, on Wall Street's high-frequency trading systems, which can execute millions of orders per second
Photo: Mark Lennihan / AP | Source: NY Times