“There’s always been more hype than warranted,” he said.
There isn’t as much action on the trading floor as there used to be. Most U.S. trading has migrated to other exchanges. And most NYSE trades are executed at a server farm in Mahwah, New Jersey, about 35 miles from lower Manhattan.
Still, Guilfoyle said, it’s “exciting to be here because this really is the epicenter of all things capitalism.”