Stock market movements on an electronic display. (Photographer: Paul Hanna/Bloomberg)
Whenever there is something out of the ordinary, conspiracy theorists always spring up. Armed with pithy one-liners. The National Stock Exchange's systems were busted on Wednesday and immediately we heard quotes like, “boys play with stocks, men play with exchanges” and stuff like that! One never gets to know the full truth behind what goes on for real at the exchanges (that colocation thingy is still hanging out there, right? Meanwh...