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I read this morning in Nate Silver's new book (recommended by Fred Wilson and published September 2012) "The Signal and the Noise" that the average time a stock
by joecurry 14y ago
I read this morning in Nate Silver's new book (recommended by Fred Wilson and published September 2012) "The Signal and the Noise" that the average time a stock was held was 6 years a few decades ago, recently the average is closer to 6 months.
- josh2600 14y agoYeah, I could see a long position being held 6 months, but frankly almost all trades are microseconds now. This is one of my favorite charts on the subject, also from NANEX: http://imgur.com/DxWer http://imgur.com/DxWer Check that out, it gave me a new appreciation for the changes in volume and volatility we're seeing.