A Russian writer named Masha Leder, ... thought of Serge as an exceptionally intellectually gifted but otherwise typical Russian Jewish computer programmer, for whom technical problems became an excuse not to engage with the messy world around him. "All of Serge's life was some kind of mirage," she said. "Or a dream. He was not aware of things. He liked slender girls who loved to dance. He married a girl and managed to have three kids with her before he figures out he doesn't really know her. He was working his ass off and she would spend the money he was making. He would come home and she would cook him vegetarian dishes. He was serviced, basically." (查看原文)
"...Finance is a gambling game for people who enjoy gambling." He wasn't a gambler by nature. He preferred the deterministic world of programming to the pseudo-deterministic world of speculation, ... (查看原文)
前段时间,正在竞选总统的希拉里在谈论自己的经济政策时说"focus on long-term growth over short-term gains and assure stock markets ’work for everyday investors, not just high-frequency traders‘" ,除此之外,在45分钟的演讲里,她反复多次提及高频交易,把它当作...
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A fascinating book by Michael Lewis, 是非小说类的,但很引人入胜,让人想找更多的资料阅读。就金融市场和科技结合来说,美国市场还是大大领先的。书的核心就是市场被高频交易者给劫持了,在几微秒到几毫秒的时间概念中,一笔笔金融交易发生了很多。高频交易不能算投机,实际...
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21 有用 小乔 2015-08-24 13:49:48
整本书弥漫的,是一个手动挂单的旧时代经纪商/基金经理对电子化时代的深深恐惧和抵触。但是,利用提前获取的交易信息,连续四五年无风险不持仓的赚大钱,还非要立个牌坊说自己提供了市场流动性,也是挺让人不齿的。
1 有用 商夏 2015-06-19 11:00:43
感觉没啥意思,这书没有以前几本好看。
0 有用 迷路的胡桃 2015-09-23 13:43:33
全篇看懂了一点:程序员最牛逼
3 有用 yrnewborn 2015-11-01 23:16:43
把量化交易讲得深入浅出。最重要的是,揭示了金融圈对技术专业人士的态度,技术人员早就起到了非常重要的作用,但他们却不知道他们在做什么…太多金融产品的创造,是没有实体经济需求的。
0 有用 李小补 2015-05-25 17:59:17
故事性是过关的。