To traders, whether day traders or high frequency or somewhere in between, Wall Street has nothing to do with creating capital for businesses, its original goal. Wall Street is a platform. It’s a platform to be exploited by every technological and intellectual means possible.
What Business is Wall Street In ? « blog maverick
Mark Cuban is totally on the money today. Stock markets should be for investing, and “providing liquidity” should be a not-particularly-profitable niche service.