Description
| Product ID: | 9780008270438 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Flash Crash |
| Subtitle: | A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History |
| Authors: | Author: Liam Vaughan |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | True crime, True crime, Corporate finance, Corporate finance, London, Greater London, North America, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2010 to c 2020 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ’Not just a readable, pacey account of an extraordinary individual and his quixotic quest … but also a troubling exposé of the fragility of our entire financial system … I loved it’ Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland ’Not just a readable, pacey account of an extraordinary individual and his quixotic quest … but also a troubling exposé of the fragility of our entire financial system … I loved it’Oliver Bullough, author of MoneylandFor fans of Bad Blood and The Big Short, the story of how one reclusive trading prodigy manipulated Wall Street and amassed millions from his childhood bedroom – then short-circuited the global market.A real-life financial thriller, Flash Crash gives panoramic insight into our economic landscape – its weaknesses, its crooks and its exploitable loopholes – and uncovers the remarkable, behind-the-scenes narrative of a mystifying market crash, a globe-spanning investigation into international fraud, and the man – Navinder Singh Sarao – at the centre of it all.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. |
| Imprint Name: | William Collins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-04 |
