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Prof. Lawrence White on Wall Street's current low trading volumes

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Excerpt from Marketplace -- "'For there to be trades, there have to be differences of opinion,' says Lawrence White, a professor of Economics at the NYU Stern School of Business. 'Somebody has to think, "It’s a good time to buy!" and somebody else has to think, "It’s a good time to sell!" When trading volumes are lower, it just means there’s less diversity of opinion, more consensus.'"

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