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Stock Manipulation By Fake Tweet [INFOGRAPHICS]

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How could a single fake tweet drive down the markets so quickly? It’s been billed as a “Terminator moment“, when the markets reminded us about Skynet’s grip on trading. The Dow dropped 145 points in a matter of minutes, only to recover and end up for the day. But the moment was yet another alarming display of how high-speed trading can instantly alter the markets.

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