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Flash Crash
- A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History
- Narrated by: Liam Vaughan
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
For 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.
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"The UK's pre-eminent chronicler of financial crime." (New Yorker)
"Not just a readable, pacey account of an extraordinary individual and his quixotic quest for money he didn’t even spend, but also a troubling exposé of the fragility of our entire financial syste...I loved it." (Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland)
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- CMCGROG
- 11-09-20
Amazing story
If you are involved, or interested, in trading the financial markets then this is a must read book.
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- bilone
- 25-07-23
Worth a Listen
I really enjoyed it as a trader. It paints a great picture of the characters involved in trading. Flowed nicely.
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- shahed chowdhury
- 21-05-20
A great lesson to all those God gifted Talent's
Thank you to the Author to present this incredible story of a Trading Legend to the world .His Story concludes a lesson to all those talents that No one is invincible. Appreciate the talent have been gifted by God but use it in right way because Karma never forget to give back whether it is good or bad
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- Mark
- 03-09-20
Good book, poorly read
Am interesting story, well researched, but unfortunately poorly read in a very staccato style. But worth a read anyway.
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- Amantle Khachana
- 20-08-20
Highly recommended
Thr author did his research really well and offers a very well rounded perspective on Nav Sarao, there are times you hate him and times you feel empathy towards him!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-06-20
Nice insight into the inside dealings of traders
Nice insight into the inside dealings of traders . The narration was done well which made it easy to complete.
I love the down to earth description of the main character, with references such as "bruv" sprinkled throughout. I could just picture the scene.
If you are on the fence, don't be, just buy this.
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- Joao Tiago Viegas
- 04-06-20
interesting story
a good and interesting story, well narrated, and easy to follow, although some of the parts are a bit nerdy
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- Matthew Ireland
- 12-06-20
Very interesting
Quite a story to tell! I enjoyed the listen. The only criticism which I would say is not the authors fault is how it has been Americanised in language when it’s a story from the U.K.
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- Rhys White
- 15-07-20
A refreshing telling of the story of Nav Sarao
This story has played out on the pages of British newspapers from the business pages in the days after the incident to the calls for extrication for Nav Sarao. At times the news media seemed Nav Sarao painted him as an innocent child like figure, but this book gives a much better, much stronger portrait.
Well worth a listen / read.
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- Fabien C
- 06-09-20
Amazing
One of my favourite listens! It honestly kept me so hooked and was narrated brilliantly, with the storyline flowing so smoothly all the way through.
It had the perfect mix of in depth explanation and easy to understand language so the whole thing was accessible.
Highly recommend to anyone interested in the markets or finance, and even people who know nothing about either would enjoy this book.
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