Stop blaming the machines. Algorithms aren't causing the wild stock market swings.

Big fund managers tend to blame algorithmic trading when things go haywire in the stock market. 
But there are other factors adding complexity to this argument: A boom in disparate trading platforms makes price discovery difficult, and low trading volume.
"The electronification era remains one of the lowest-volatility periods on record despite the rise of high-frequency trading," according to trading news site Curatia.
No, machines aren't causing all these wild stock market swings.The wild