Flash Boys

Michael Lewis, the Master of the Big Story, is back with Flash BoysIf you thought Wall Street was about alpha males standing in trading pits hollering at each other, think again. That world is dead.Now, the world's money is traded by computer code, inside black boxes in heavily guarded buildings. Even the experts entrusted with your cash don't know what's happening to it. And the very few who do aren't about to tell - because they're making a killing.This is a market that's rigged, out of control and out of sight; a market in which the chief need is for speed; and in which traders would sell their grandmothers for a microsecond. Blink, and you'll miss it.In Flash Boys, Michael Lewis tells the explosive story of how one group of ingenious oddballs and misfits set out to expose what was going on. It's the story of what it's like to declare war on some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. It's about taking on an entire system. And it's about the madness that has taken hold of the financial markets today.You won't believe it until you've read it.'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'Probably the best current writer in America' - Tom WolfeMichael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics. He has written several books including the New York Times bestsellers Liar's Poker, widely considered the book that defined Wall Street during the 1980s, Boomerang and The Big Short, 'probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written' (Reuters). Lewis is contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and also writes for Vanity Fair and Portfolio magazine.

"Guaranteed to make blood boil." —Janet Maslin, New York Times In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries—to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you.

"Guaranteed to make blood boil." —Janet Maslin, New York Times In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries—to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you.

"Flash Boys" er den chokerende og sande historie om en gruppe millionærer og snu drenge, der snød bankverdenen for milliarder, uden at blinke. Forfatter og finansjournalist Michael Lewis har som baggrund for bogen været ude og interviewe de folk der var involveret i de risikable handler, der ledte op til finanskrisen i 2008. Der tegnes et portræt af dem der snød systemet, men også dem der prøvede at sætte en stopper for handlerne og trække i nødbremsen. "Flash Boys" er en hårrejsende beretning om finansverdenen i det 21. århundrede, der også giver sig selv plads til at se det absurd komiske i situationen.

"Flash Boys" er den chokerende og sande historie om en gruppe millionærer og snu drenge, der snød bankverdenen for milliarder, uden at blinke. Forfatter og finansjournalist Michael Lewis har som baggrund for bogen været ude og interviewe de folk der var involveret i de risikable handler, der ledte op til finanskrisen i 2008. Der tegnes et portræt af dem der snød systemet, men også dem der prøvede at sætte en stopper for handlerne og trække i nødbremsen. "Flash Boys" er en hårrejsende beretning om finansverdenen i det 21. århundrede, der også giver sig selv plads til at se det absurd komiske i situationen.

Michael Lewis har skrevet den meget omtalte, kontroversielle og betydningsfulde bog "Flash Boys", der handler om, hvordan aktiemarkedets priser fungerer. "Flash Boys" er bygget på fakta og handler om aktiehandleren Brad Katsuyama, som opdager, at kurserne på mærkværdigvis stiger, når en handel gennemføres. Aktiepriserne på papiret stemmer altså ikke overens med virkeligheden, og sammen med flere andre, sætter han sig for at finde ud af, hvad der foregår. Det hele drejer sig om det den proces, man kalder højfrekvenshandel. En proces, der er både skræmmende og hvori mange store aktører er indblandet.

Michael Lewis har skrevet den meget omtalte, kontroversielle og betydningsfulde bog "Flash Boys", der handler om, hvordan aktiemarkedets priser fungerer. "Flash Boys" er bygget på fakta og handler om aktiehandleren Brad Katsuyama, som opdager, at kurserne på mærkværdigvis stiger, når en handel gennemføres. Aktiepriserne på papiret stemmer altså ikke overens med virkeligheden, og sammen med flere andre, sætter han sig for at finde ud af, hvad der foregår. Det hele drejer sig om det den proces, man kalder højfrekvenshandel. En proces, der er både skræmmende og hvori mange store aktører er indblandet.