IP: Expert says Hold, don't Buy small share lots tomorrow

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Reply-To: <dgillmor () sjmercury com>
> From: "Dan Gillmor" <dgillmor () sjmercury com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> He's afraid it will crash the system:
>
> http://web.siliconvalley.com/content/sv/2001/09/16/opinion/dgillmor/weblog/
>
> "Our biggest enemy to stability right now is VOLUME of transactions. If we
> get flooded with trades for 5 or 10 or 20 shares on Monday as a mass
> movement to show faith, there is a risk this will crash the exchange systems
> we connect with, clog our markets, and create the thing you are trying to
> avoid."



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