Gunter Grittmann
Head of Information and Communication
E-mail: grittmann@zew.de
Phone: +49 (0)621-1235-132
Fax: +49 (0)621-1235-255
Kathrin Böhmer
Public Relations Officer
E-mail: boehmer@zew.de
Phone: +49 (0)621-1235-103
Fax: +49 (0)621-1235-255
Algo trading, i.e. computerized trading of stocks based on clearly defined algorithms, is on the rise at the stock markets. This involves many risks for the financial markets. This is the finding of a current survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. In total, 193 financial market experts were surveyed. read more