Crapshoot Investing: How Tech-Savvy Traders and Clueless Regulators Turned the Stock Market into a Casino
McTague, Jim
In just the past few years, the equity markets have been transformed into a high-speed casino thats a pure crapshoot: a white-knuckle rollercoaster ride that has left individual investors legitimately terrified of equities. The Flash Crash of May 6, 2010when the DJIA plummeted 734 points in 17 minutes, and dozens of top companies traded as low as zerowas just a harbinger of disasters to come. In Crap Shoot Investing, Barrons Washington Editor Jim McTague reveals the twin causes of this massive transformation: high-frequency traders using mathematical hocus pocus, and blundering regulators whose attempts to promote long-term investment have massively backfired. McTague takes you through the Flash Crash moment by moment, revealing what happened and how it happened. Next, he burrows under the volcano to uncover the titanic, uncontrolled forces now at work in equity markets, showing investors exactly what theyre jumping into when they buy and sell stock today. Youll learn how new exchanges, desperate for cash, are attracting high-frequency traders at everyone elses expense how dark pools of hidden trades are tilting the playing field how even small investors are promoting dangerous volatility. McTague explains why regulators continue to ignore the big picture as the markets accelerate towards chaos. Last but not least, he presents a rational strategy for investors who need to get ahead in markets that have become riskier than most casinos. "A valuable read for anyone considering investing in equity markets." Reprinted with permission from CHOICE http://www.cro2.org, copyright by the American Library Association.
年:
2011
出版社:
FT Press
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
0132599686
ISBN 13:
9780132599689
文件:
EPUB, 532 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 2011
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