back to the trading floor

I told you I visited the NYSE the other day. No, the traders were not circulating agitatedly, arms were not waving, hands were not signalling, pink paper slips were not flying all over. The trading floor was littered with paper slips, but the truth is that most traders have switched to wireless PDAs hooked up to the clearinghouse's computer. Still, there was some electricity in the air, as we watched from above, looking down on those mega-computers and multiple screens. And when the electronic button was pressed and sounded just like the old closing-bell, I thought I heard in the distance en echo of the old days ...

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