Flash Boys: cracking the money code

Michael Lewis, Monday 28 April 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:33:22
This evenings entertainment. I hope there is a fight or two... #LSELewis @ Peacock Theatre http://instagram.com/p/nV2G3Wkukq/
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:08:19
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Armelle Le Comte @Armelle_LeComte
Full house at LSE to hear Michael Lewis talk about his new book #flashboys Should learn a thing or two about finance... #LSELewis
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:21:13
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Kate Hammer PhD FRSA @kate_hammer
#LSELewis John Lanchester says Flash Boys is a masterpiece - using #stories to make complex accessible. Detective story.
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:40:22
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Craig Calhoun @craigjcalhoun
#LSELewis Michael Lewis discusses FLASH BOYS, the rigging of Wall Street, & the people who figured it out w/ fellow alum John Lanchester.
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:43:01
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Daniel Beunza @danielbeunza
First article on the sociology of financial algorithms, by LSE faculty #lselewis http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/78186/LiquidityResub8.pdf …
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:45:17
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Kate Hammer PhD FRSA @kate_hammer
Why is HE the guy who figures out not just what happened to him but that it's happening 2 every investor. system is covering up #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:45:44
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Nearly 1000 in to hear LSE alumnus Michael Lewis talk about his new book. #LSELewis pic.twitter.com/iCCKFadwhS
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:44:12
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Daniel Beunza @danielbeunza
"Drilling Through the Allegheny Mountains: Liquidity, Materiality and High-Frequency Trading" #lselewis http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/78186/LiquidityResub8.pdf …
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:47:27
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Kate Hammer PhD FRSA @kate_hammer
Special access gives advance access to pricing - everyone incentivised to not speak out. Royal Bank of Canada wasn't in the game. #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:48:12
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Craig Calhoun @craigjcalhoun
#LSELewis “the main problem with my book is that the central character is a nice, mild-mannered Canadian guy.”
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:49:06
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— Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun)Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:49:06
Magnus Barsøe @MagnusBarsoe
Michael Lewis: Royal Bank of Canada had a 'no asshole' rule, almost like having a no employee rule on Wall Street #LSElewis
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:51:45
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— Magnus Barsøe (@MagnusBarsoe)Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:51:45
Kate Hammer PhD FRSA @kate_hammer
"Long term greedy" is what Canadians are says Flash Boys protagonist as he tries to raise $ for honest stock market & no one bites #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:52:09
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Peter Randall @peter_c_randall
Lanchester: there is no such thing called the market. Lewis Correct! #LSELewis
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:53:13
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Rachel Ziemba @reziemba
#LSELewis "NYSE still exists but is mostly a stage set for @CNBC"
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:53:59
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Kate Hammer PhD FRSA @kate_hammer
Technology has eliminated a lot of middleman services.fragmented automation is a problem. #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:54:51
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Tom Metcalf @tommetcalf123
Fragmentation of mkts and misaligned regulatory rules big problems with todays mkts #LSELewis
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:56:56
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Peter Randall @peter_c_randall
Lewis slams market data feeds at 25 milliseconds. Lewis claims he is a fast blinker! Not s spoonerism #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:59:00
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Kate Hammer PhD FRSA @kate_hammer
Lanchester asks: is it a creation of regulation? #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 17:59:48
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Ellin Stein @ellinst
Michael Lewis's great gift is finding compelling sympathetic individual stories through which to explore abstract systems. #lselewis
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:00:31
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Peter Randall @peter_c_randall
Lewis SEC announced their investigation into HFT a week before his book came out. #LSELewis
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:01:24
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— Peter Randall (@peter_c_randall)Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:01:24
Philip Stafford @staffordphilip
Michael Lewis "SEC is going to have a hard time explaining why it's behaved as it's behaved" #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:02:20
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— Philip Stafford (@staffordphilip)Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:02:20
Magnus Barsøe @MagnusBarsoe
#LSELewis : #HFT is the purest form of insider trading
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:02:32
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— Magnus Barsøe (@MagnusBarsoe)Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:02:32
Kate Hammer PhD FRSA @kate_hammer
Imagine a whole knocked in side of an oil pipeline. No one wants to correct it. #LSELewis
Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:03:37
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Timothy Riminton @TRiminton
#MichaelLewis - looks like a conspiracy, but more by accident. Like profiting from a hole in an oil pipe and no one asking why. #LSELewis
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Mon, Apr 28 2014 18:05:48
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