High-frequency trading is an algorithm-based computerized trading practice that allows firms to trade stocks in milliseconds. Over the last fifteen years, the use of statistical and econometric methods for analyzing high-frequency financial data has grown exponentially. This growth has been...

Markets in milliseconds -- Infrastructures of kinship -- The power of invisibility -- The hubris of platforms -- The wizards of King Street -- Making moral markets -- Rabbits guarding the lettuce -- Infrastructures, kinship, and queues

Trading floors are a thing of the past. Thanks to a combination of computers, high-speed networks and algorithms, millions of financial transactions now happen in fractions of a second. This book studies the automation of stock markets in the United Kingdom and the United States of America,...

Digital media and risk cultures: an introduction -- Major players of risk communication -- Communicating stock quotes -- Communicating national affairs -- Communicating company information -- Stock commentators and commentary -- Conclusion.

Digital media and risk cultures: an introduction -- Major players of risk communication -- Communicating stock quotes -- Communicating national affairs -- Communicating company information -- Stock commentators and commentary -- Conclusion