Why Buying Every Month Can Quietly Destroy You
In this segment, the speaker outlines the rapid and extensive shift toward electronic and algorithmic trading across major financial markets. He cites that in 2016, over 80% of equity trades, 70% of U.S. Treasury trades, and nearly 90% of forex trades were already electronic, and projects that by 2026 virtually every market—stocks, bonds, commodities, and even crypto—will be 90%+ electronic, with some markets already at 99% automation. The narrative attributes this acceleration to large institutional players such as Larry Fink of BlackRock and Ken Griffin of Citadel, who have invested billions in data, infrastructure, and AI. Their investments are transforming traditional, noisy trading floors into quiet, high‑speed data centers where automation is the new baseline for market participation.
