Flash Crash

Author: Liam Vaughan
Publisher: William Collins
ISBN: 9780008270438
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneously and without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost. The Flash Crash, as it became known, represented the fastest drop in market history. When share values rebounded less than half an hour later, experts around the globe were left perplexed. What had they just witnessed? Navinder Singh Sarao hardly seemed like a man who would shake the world's financial markets to their core. Raised in a working-class neighbourhood in West London, Nav was a preternaturally gifted trader who played the markets like a computer game. By the age of thirty, he had left behind London's trading arcades, working instead out of his childhood home. For years the money poured in. But when lightning-fast electronic traders infiltrated markets and started eating into his profits, Nav built a system of his own to fight back. It worked-until 2015, when the FBI arrived at his door. Depending on whom you ask, Sarao was a scourge, a symbol of a financial system run horribly amok, or a folk hero-an outsider who took on the tyranny of Wall Street and the high-frequency traders. A real-life financial thriller, Flash Crash uncovers the remarkable, behind-the-scenes narrative of a mystifying market crash, a globe-spanning investigation into international fraud, and the man at the centre of them both.

Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll

Author: Dr. Franklyn M. Branley
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063222507
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
Read and find out about what causes the flash, crash, rumble, and roll of thunderstorms in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Did you know that lightning bolts can be over a mile long? Or that they may come from clouds that are ten miles high? Storms can be scary, but not if you know what causes them. Before the next thunderstorm, grab this book by the expert science team Franklyn Branley and True Kelley and learn all about thunderstorms. This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visual acclaimed and trusted great for classrooms Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same time Have appealing, child-centered topics Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists Meet national science education standards Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393244660
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Argues that post-crisis Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks and explains how a small, diverse group of Wall Street men have banded together to reform the financial markets.

Broken Markets

Author: Sal Arnuk
Publisher: FT Press
ISBN: 0132875268
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
The markets have evolved at breakneck speed during the past decade, and change has accelerated dramatically since 2007's disastrous regulatory "reforms." An unrelenting focus on technology, hyper-short-term trading, speed, and volume has eclipsed sanity: markets have been hijacked by high-powered interests at the expense of investors and the entire capital-raising process. A small consortium of players is making billions by skimming and scalping unaware investors -- and, in so doing, they've transformed our markets from the world's envy into a barren wasteland of terror. Since these events began, Themis Trading's Joe Saluzzi and Sal Arnuk have offered an unwavering voice of reasoned dissent. Their small brokerage has stood up against the hijackers in every venue: their daily writings are now followed by investors, regulators, the media, and "Main Street" investors worldwide. Saluzzi and Arnuk don't take prisoners! Now, in Broken Markets, they explain how all this happened, who did it, what it means, and what's coming next. You'll understand the true implications of events ranging from the crash of 1987 to the "Flash Crash" -- and discover what it all means to you and your future. Warning: you will get angry (if you aren't already). But you'll know exactly why you're angry, who you're angry at, and what needs to be done!

Real-Time Risk

Author: Irene Aldridge
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119318963
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
Risk management solutions for today's high-speed investing environment Real-Time Risk is the first book to show regular, institutional, and quantitative investors how to navigate intraday threats and stay on-course. The FinTech revolution has brought massive changes to the way investing is done. Trading happens in microsecond time frames, and while risks are emerging faster and in greater volume than ever before, traditional risk management approaches are too slow to be relevant. This book describes market microstructure and modern risks, and presents a new way of thinking about risk management in today's high-speed world. Accessible, straightforward explanations shed light on little-understood topics, and expert guidance helps investors protect themselves from new threats. The discussion dissects FinTech innovation to highlight the ongoing disruption, and to establish a toolkit of approaches for analyzing flash crashes, aggressive high frequency trading, and other specific aspects of the market. Today's investors face an environment in which computers and infrastructure merge, regulations allow dozens of exchanges to coexist, and globalized business facilitates round-the-clock deals. This book shows you how to navigate today's investing environment safely and profitably, with the latest in risk-management thinking. Discover risk management that works within micro-second trading Understand the nature and impact of real-time risk, and how to protect yourself Learn why flash crashes happen, and how to mitigate damage in advance Examine the FinTech disruption to established business models and practices When technology collided with investing, the boom created stratospheric amounts of data that allows us to plumb untapped depths and discover solutions that were unimaginable 20 years ago. Real-Time Risk describes these solutions, and provides practical guidance for today's savvy investor.

The Fear Index

Author: Robert Harris
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307957950
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
At the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now. Dr. Alex Hoffmann’s name is carefully guarded from the general public, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultrarich he is a legend. He has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But one morning before dawn, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside mansion, and so begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him. Fiendishly smart and suspenseful, The Fear Index gives us a searing glimpse into an all-too-recognizable world of greed and panic. It is a novel that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be human—and it is Robert Harris’s most spellbinding and audacious novel to date.

Fragilities in the U.S. Treasury Market

Author: Antoine Bouveret
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1513576224
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Changes in the structure of the U.S. Treasury market over recent years may have increased risks to financial stability. Traditional market makers have changed their liquidity provision by increasingly switching from risk warehousing to risk distribution, and a new breed of market maker has emerged with the rise of electronic trading. The “flash rally” of October 15, 2014 provides a clear example of how those risks can materialize. Based on an in-depth analysis of the event—complementing the authorities’ work—we suggest i) providing incentives for liquidity provision, ii) improving market safeguards, and iii) enhancing the regulation of the Treasury market.

Crash Proof Your Investment

Author: Paul Keller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781096091714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
This book will help you become a better stock market investor. We've all heard the saying, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Crash Proof Your Investment is for both the stock market history enthusiast and the beginner and intermediate level stock market investor. The mistakes made during the worst periods in stock market history will be explored in this book, including the story of the most disastrous and the most recent crashes in America. No crash history would be complete without covering the 2010 Flash Crash, the 2008 Financial Crisis, the Dot-com bubble, and the Wall Street Crash of 1929. This historical context will shed light on the causes and lasting effects of these crashes. The results of savvy stock market analysis are shared in "The 9 Stock Market Crash Warning Signs Every Stock Investor Should Know," which is a perfect guide for putting the investor in a better position to predict the next stock market crash. To help protect your investment, we examine 7 strategies designed to protect your investment in a bear market or even in a full-blown meltdown. Topics such as dividend stocks, stop-loss orders, options trading, and much more are discussed in detail. The information covered will be useful for long investors who want to protect their portfolio investment and investors who have been burned one too many times in stock market declines. But, it is also for the short investor who would like to profit off the upcoming meltdown. Understanding a stock market crash is knowledge that every stock investor should gain if they want to play the stock market game effectively. Stock market investment strategies that protect your portfolio by not reacting inappropriately to stock manipulations are a must-have. Remember the countless investors who got burned in the 2010 Flash Crash because their stop-loss orders were triggered? The market recovered in minutes, leaving these traders with huge, unnecessary losses-in some cases up to 60%. To avoid this issue, in this book you will learn how to protect your investment without stop-loss orders. Content is tailored to your specific situation by offering 4 optional exercises to apply to your own portfolio investment as tools to help you invest more strategically in the future. Continually improving yourself as an investor will move you closer to meeting your investment goals. Books like this increase your odds of becoming that millionaire stock investor who vacations in exotic locations around the world as your investments cover your expenses. (Or just retiring without worry, if that's your goal.) Whatever your investment goals are, this book can help you get there. If this sounds interesting to you, click the buy button and buy the book today!

The Science of Algorithmic Trading and Portfolio Management

Author: Robert Kissell
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124016936
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
The Science of Algorithmic Trading and Portfolio Management, with its emphasis on algorithmic trading processes and current trading models, sits apart from others of its kind. Robert Kissell, the first author to discuss algorithmic trading across the various asset classes, provides key insights into ways to develop, test, and build trading algorithms. Readers learn how to evaluate market impact models and assess performance across algorithms, traders, and brokers, and acquire the knowledge to implement electronic trading systems. This valuable book summarizes market structure, the formation of prices, and how different participants interact with one another, including bluffing, speculating, and gambling. Readers learn the underlying details and mathematics of customized trading algorithms, as well as advanced modeling techniques to improve profitability through algorithmic trading and appropriate risk management techniques. Portfolio management topics, including quant factors and black box models, are discussed, and an accompanying website includes examples, data sets supplementing exercises in the book, and large projects. - Prepares readers to evaluate market impact models and assess performance across algorithms, traders, and brokers. - Helps readers design systems to manage algorithmic risk and dark pool uncertainty. - Summarizes an algorithmic decision making framework to ensure consistency between investment objectives and trading objectives.

Mr. West

Author: Sarah Blake
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575186
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West's life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities—to their portrayal in the media—and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person's public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake's aesthetics take her work from prose poems to lineated free verse to tightly wound lyrics to improbably successful sestinas. The poems fully engage pop culture as a strange, complicated presence that is revealing of America itself. This is a daring debut collection and a groundbreaking work. An online reader's companion will be available at http://sarahblake.site.wesleyan.edu.