[LEAPSECS] Focus in the debate, alternative proposal

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sat Jan 8 11:14:28 EST 2011


In message <1294502700.7016.37.camel at localhost>, Paul Sheer writes:


>> > Are the trades always automatically reconciled at the end of each day?

>>

>> There is a three day clearing period after the trade, yes.

>

>This warrants further investigation.

>

>Is there anyone that can give us more information?


You could ask the London Stock Exchange, which recently boasted that
they can now complete a trade in 124 microseconds.

And no, that is not a typo: 0.000124 seconds for a trade.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6d13924-d554-11df-8e86-00144feabdc0.html

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