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>> there's been an exponential increase in the amount of shares that are moving around every day. the entire value of the market now flips over about once every ten months i. used to be years and years. what's interesting, let's assume this was a computerized trading problem, a flash crash as they call it. it wouldn't be such a big deal if people were buying and holding stocks like they used to. it's a much bigger deal because the volumes are so great. then you get a lot of turbulence from an event like this. >> if it's a technical glitch, talk to me about the difference -- technical glitch ha...

Let's change our a algorithm. so all of this happens within seconds and it goes to how volatile the markets are. >> in less than seconds. >> less than. >> we've seen the stories of the servers, them wanting them to be as close in new jersey as possible to the new york stock exchange so they can move a millisecond off and a millisecond can mean millions and billions of dollars in trading. >> amazing. we'll continue to watch this. and back to china for a quick second. we're watching volatility here and volatility there. as we're watching volatility in both places, one thing we haven't gotten to ...

Their companies and do ipos because they think our markets work. that they're transparent unlike china that they have technology we can trust so when things like this happen it makes people feel insecure. >> i think there's a bit of -- insecurity a good word for what we're looking at. rana, thank you so much for being here. alison kosik is still working the phones. we'll take a quick break with more news on this, what the going on on the new york stock exchange today as trading halted there. we'll have more news on that right after a break. thankshow may i help you?s list. i heard i could call...

That couldn't happen here. and it's have very dodgy. you could see the market go back up and crash again because until they get this bigger economic issue solved of how to be a modern market economy, you're going to keep seeing what's happened again. >> speaking of a modern market economy, let's end this with alison kosik still working the phones to figure out what is going on on the new york stock exchange. just to update our viewers, there was a halt in trading in the new york stock exchange saying that it as a technical issue that they're trying to resolve. we're trying to get confirmation ...

Traders pile around their monitors trying to figure out what happened. one trader telling me this seems to be a technology problem within the new york stock exchange. not getting an official word yet from the new york stock exchange as to what's happening but we do see trading halted right now at the new york stock exchange. trading still is continuing at the nasdaq, though. i do see the nasdaq trading as we speak. kate? >> what would a technical glitch mean? the fact that trading has been halted for five minutes is potentially very significant. what's the mood there? what are folks telling yo...