Flash Boys

A new study by Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor Jesse Blocher has seemingly debunked the myth that high-frequency traders (HFTs) are systematically setting pricing traps to lure retail traders. HFTs are the primary topic of Michael Lewis’ best-selling book “Flash Boys,”...

IEX Group is a stock trading venue that gained the national spotlight following Michael Lewis' book "Flash Boys." IEX is a dark pool, or an alternative trading system, based in the United States. The trading venue is unique in the sense that the computer equipment that handles trading is located in...

Michael Lewis is perhaps most well-known for authoring the best-seller "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt" and "Moneyball: The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game," among others. On Thursday, he penned an article on Bloomberg, in which he discussed one of his favorite memories from his professional career...

“Flash Boys” author Michael Lewis is one of Felix Salmon’s favorite writers. “He is the best writer of nonfiction financial journalism in the world,” he said. “There’s really no doubt about that.” Salmon is a senior editor at Fusion, former...

Kevin McPartland leads Greenwich Associates' market structure and technology practice. McPartland, a former director of BlackRock's Electronic Trading and Market Structure group, has nearly 15 years of capital markets industry experience with expertise in OTC derivatives and financial...

This weekend in Barron's online: alternative indexing, the quarterly report on mutual funds, as well as the prospects for Hewlett-Packard, B/E Aerospace, Rio Bravo Restaurant and more. Cover Story "Beyond Bogle: The New Indexing" by Reshma Kapadia. This week's cover story in Barron's remarks...

In his latest book, Flash Boys, Michael Lewis contends the stock market is "rigged" in favor of institutional investors who buy and sell securities rapidly with computer programs, booking loads of tiny profits. This is at the expense of the individual investor, Lewis claims. Actually, it is the...

When it comes to the notion of a stock market rigged by high-frequency traders, aka the so-called “Flash Boys,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested his own version of fighting fire with fire. The way to win, Cramer said, is to do basic homework. Cramer doesn’t dispute author Michael Lewis’ allegations...

Best-selling financial journalist Michael Lewis thinks that the U.S. stock market is rigged in favor of high frequency traders, stock exchanges and large Wall Street banks who utilize speed trading to gain an edge over everyone else. In his newest book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, Lewis...