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Activity at 70% of all trading volume and that's got a lot of people scared. once upon a time, a regular investor called his broker to buy shares in a company. the broker called that order into a trader on the stock exchange floor. and for that, you paid the broker a substantial commission. that was then and this is now. today floor traders are becoming a thing of the past. the majority of stock trades in the united states aren't even made by human beings. they are made by computers. and the time it takes to execute your stock trade is dramatically faster and the commissions are dramatically l...

Once upon a time, a regular investor called his broker to buy shares in a company. the broker called that order into a trader on the stock exchange floor. and for that, you paid the broker a substantial commission. that was then and this is now. today floor traders are becoming a thing of the past. the majority of stock trades in the united states aren't even made by human beings. they are made by computers. and the time it takes to execute your stock trade is dramatically faster and the commissions are dramatically lower. in the 1990s investors started migrating online for trade. we had acces...

And so all sorts of people who used to have nothing to do with this world started pouring their own money into it. that's in large part also what drove prices to go even higher. >> the ronald reagan motorcade rolled onto wall street today to the new york stock exchange. >> in the last five years, we've moved from malaise, to hope, confidence, and opportunity. the volume of shares traded hitting record highs, and more americans than ever before participating in the market. we're bullish on the american economy. [ applause ] >> when reagan shows up at the stock exchange, yelling "ronnie, ronnie,...

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