'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday Times
Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.
'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, B...
'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday Times
Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.
'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year
'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ... Lewis has lit the touch paper' Liam Halligan, Spectator
'The kind of writer who creates his own weather system' John Lanchester, London Review of Books
'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell
Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They include Flash Boys, a game-changing exposé of high-speed scamming; The Big Short, which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Liar's Poker, the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s; and, most recently, The Fifth Risk, revealing what happens when democracy unravels. Michael L...
Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They include Flash Boys, a game-changing exposé of high-speed scamming; The Big Short, which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Liar's Poker, the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s; and, most recently, The Fifth Risk, revealing what happens when democracy unravels. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics.
A Russian writer named Masha Leder, ... thought of Serge as an exceptionally intellectually gifted but otherwise typical Russian Jewish computer programmer, for whom technical problems became an excuse not to engage with the messy world around him. "All of Serge's life was some kind of mirage," she said. "Or a dream. He was not aware of things. He liked slender girls who loved to dance. He married a girl and managed to have three kids with her before he figures out he doesn't really know her. He was working his ass off and she would spend the money he was making. He would come home and she would cook him vegetarian dishes. He was serviced, basically." (查看原文)
"...Finance is a gambling game for people who enjoy gambling." He wasn't a gambler by nature. He preferred the deterministic world of programming to the pseudo-deterministic world of speculation, ... (查看原文)
对于一个以millisecond做单位瞬息万变的行业,十年前的书太过时了。甚至以书为介质,因为出版周期的限制,都注定是过时的。后面没有那么好,对高频交易的理解有点浅?毕竟HRT, Jane Strert, Jump那些公司不可能自己出来说的。搜了一下IEX还活着,理想主义的我有一种安心感,这个世界还没有疯到我以为的地步。
前段时间,正在竞选总统的希拉里在谈论自己的经济政策时说"focus on long-term growth over short-term gains and assure stock markets ’work for everyday investors, not just high-frequency traders‘" ,除此之外,在45分钟的演讲里,她反复多次提及高频交易,把它当作...
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A fascinating book by Michael Lewis, 是非小说类的,但很引人入胜,让人想找更多的资料阅读。就金融市场和科技结合来说,美国市场还是大大领先的。书的核心就是市场被高频交易者给劫持了,在几微秒到几毫秒的时间概念中,一笔笔金融交易发生了很多。高频交易不能算投机,实际...
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0 有用 dizzydancer 2025-03-29 00:16:24 英国
对于一个以millisecond做单位瞬息万变的行业,十年前的书太过时了。甚至以书为介质,因为出版周期的限制,都注定是过时的。后面没有那么好,对高频交易的理解有点浅?毕竟HRT, Jane Strert, Jump那些公司不可能自己出来说的。搜了一下IEX还活着,理想主义的我有一种安心感,这个世界还没有疯到我以为的地步。