Dumb Money is a monument to American greed
Craig Gillespie’s tale of the GameStop “short squeeze” shows how little amateur investors have learned.
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“Now the little guys have the advantage,” says WallStreetBets founder
Jaime Rogozinski thinks the forum behind the Gamestop phenomenon is still the most disruptive force in finance.
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Our new financial masters
How asset managers work in the shadows – and shape all of our lives.
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Occupy Wall Street, five years on: fire in the dustbin of history
On the fifth anniversary of the birth of the activist movement, Laurie Penny explains why its failure made a difference.
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HFT: the latest scam devised by Wall Street and the City
Felix Martin discusses Flash Boys by the American financial writer Michael Lewis, which examines high-frequency trading (HFT).
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Far from the Wolf of Wall Street: how did young people become so risk averse?
Today’s bankers have replaced the excesses of the 1980s with Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations.
By The Wolf of Wall Street: Beyond the boiler room
Martin Scorsese’s flashy indictment of corporate culture, with a disappointingly two-dimensional supporting cast.
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