Friday, October 24, 2008

A tour of the NYSE

From the BBC - here is a short video of a broker giving us a tour of the floor of the NYSE. You'll note that it looks pretty quiet - that's because a great deal of the volume now bypasses the floor brokers and is handled electronically.

Still, interesting stuff if you've never seen what a specialist looks like.
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