Due diligence in the age of flash crashes
The dominance of algorithms in trading means advisers need to re-evaluate their processes
May 6 will be the fifth anniversary of an event most advisers would like to forget: the 2010 Flash Crash, which resulted in stock market losses of nearly $1 trillion, with the market largely recovering within minutes.
Because the event didn't result in any palpable difference to account balances
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