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High-frequency trading has been a popular stock market villain for more than a decade. Known as HFT, the controversial but legal practice of seeking tiny profits on rapid buying and selling of stocks ...

Miranda Marquit has been covering personal finance, investing and business topics for almost 15 years. She has contributed to numerous outlets, including NPR, Marketwatch, U.S. News & World Report and ...