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He further believed that the only way to get people to believe that you were good for their careers was actually to be good for their careers.
Michael Lewis Flash Boys
by Michael Lewis
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In "Flash Boys," Michael Lewis explores the world of high-frequency trading and its impact on the financial markets. One significant insight is the idea that to build trust and credibility in one's professional relationships, one must genuinely contribute to others' success. This principle suggests that actions, rather than mere words, are essential in establishing a positive reputation.

The quote emphasizes the importance of being genuinely beneficial to others’ careers as a...

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He wondered, often, what it would look like if and when the shit in question hit the fan: The stock market at bottom was rigged. The icon of global capitalism was a fraud. How would enterprising politicians and plaintiffs' lawyers and state attorneys general respond to that news?
Michael Lewis Flash Boys
He wondered, often, what it would look like if and when the shit in question hit the fan: The stock market at bottom was rigged. The icon of global capitalism was a fraud. How would enterprising politicians and plaintiffs' lawyers and state attorneys general respond to that news?
I'm doing something I always dreamed about doing, and it was about the most depressing moment I've ever had in my life
Michael Lewis Flash Boys
I'm doing something I always dreamed about doing, and it was about the most depressing moment I've ever had in my life
Inside a dark pool, no one but the broker who ran it had any idea what was happening.
Michael Lewis Flash Boys
Inside a dark pool, no one but the broker who ran it had any idea what was happening.
The trick was not simply to write the code that turned information into pictures but to find the best pictures to draw-shapes and colors that led the mind to meaning.
Michael Lewis Flash Boys
The trick was not simply to write the code that turned information into pictures but to find the best pictures to draw-shapes and colors that led the mind to meaning.
Light fades as it travels; the fainter it becomes, the less capable it is of transmitting data.
Michael Lewis Flash Boys
Light fades as it travels; the fainter it becomes, the less capable it is of transmitting data.
The orders resting on BATS were typically just the 100-share minimum required for an order to be at the front of any price queue, as their only purpose was to tease information out of investors. The HFT firms posted these tiny orders on BATS-orders to buy or sell 100 shares of basically every stock traded in the U.S. market-not because they actually wanted to buy and sell the stocks but because they wanted to find out what investors wanted to buy and sell before they did it. BATS, unsurprisingly, had been created by high-frequency traders.
Michael Lewis Flash Boys
The orders resting on BATS were typically just the 100-share minimum required for an order to be at the front of any price queue, as their only purpose was to tease information out of investors. The HFT firms posted these tiny orders on BATS-orders to buy or sell 100 shares of basically every stock traded in the U.S. market-not because they actually wanted to buy and sell the stocks but because they wanted to find out what investors wanted to buy and sell before they did it. BATS, unsurprisingly, had been created by high-frequency traders.
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They are afraid of him?' D'Harcourt raised his comedian's eyebrows. Danny Hislop's bright teeth flashed in his hairless, unremarkable face. 'If they were afraid, they'd tear him to pieces like schoolgirls. My guess is that he's gorgeous. A terrible tease and nasty at moments, but oh Maeve, he has such a way with him.… Is he gorgeous, dear Adam?' Adam Blacklock, thus addressed, said quietly, 'Undoubtedly gorgeous.
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They are afraid of him?' D'Harcourt raised his comedian's eyebrows. Danny Hislop's bright teeth flashed in his hairless, unremarkable face. 'If they were afraid, they'd tear him to pieces like schoolgirls. My guess is that he's gorgeous. A terrible tease and nasty at moments, but oh Maeve, he has such a way with him.… Is he gorgeous, dear Adam?' Adam Blacklock, thus addressed, said quietly, 'Undoubtedly gorgeous.
Henry of England had all the virtues and all the faults, and solved the contradiction by making scapegoats and sin-eaters of half his entourage.
Dorothy Dunnett The Game of Kings
Henry of England had all the virtues and all the faults, and solved the contradiction by making scapegoats and sin-eaters of half his entourage.
It isn't that music doesn't matter: the reverse, as it happens. So my defences against it are very strong. Can you understand that?
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It isn't that music doesn't matter: the reverse, as it happens. So my defences against it are very strong. Can you understand that?
The drink was almost certainly safe. He would probably get pleurisy, quinsy and pox from the cup.
Dorothy Dunnett Pawn in Frankincense
The drink was almost certainly safe. He would probably get pleurisy, quinsy and pox from the cup.
Happiness, that most childish of states, is infectious. Furthermore, in its innocence, it will not be hidden, even when tempered with sorrow
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Happiness, that most childish of states, is infectious. Furthermore, in its innocence, it will not be hidden, even when tempered with sorrow
The Buke of Ye Chess used the game as the basis for a series of sermons on morality. Neither book illustrates play or player improvement, but uses the chessboard and pieces to 'allegorize a political community whose citizens contribute to the common good'2.
Laura Caine Ramsey The Ultimate Guide to Dorothy Dunnett's The Game of Kings
The Buke of Ye Chess used the game as the basis for a series of sermons on morality. Neither book illustrates play or player improvement, but uses the chessboard and pieces to 'allegorize a political community whose citizens contribute to the common good'2.
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