Off Topic with Irene Aldridge Alpha Pages: You took great issue with Michael Lewis’ claim that the market is “rigged.” Why? Irene Aldridge: On the Michael Lewis topic, I suppose I am most disappointed in the pay-for-play quality of the book. Even the fastest best-selling writers can tell you that they are only capable of writing 15 pages per day, at best. To write a 300-page book, [is] a five-month process, at ...
Senate Panel Probing High-Frequency Trading Talks To 'Flash Boys' A Senate panel probing high-frequency trading on Wall Street has spoken to the people behind IEX, the upstart trading venue prominently featured in Michael Lewis' book Flash Boys, Politico reported on Monday. ...