Tag Archives: derivatives

Co-incidence or consequence?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

Michael Lewis seems to be getting more mentions than anyone in the financial press and blogs this week. He’s clearly hit a raw nerve with his new book “Flash Boys”. Here are just a few of the things that have happened … Continue reading →

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Is the stock market rigged?

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

Michael Lewis thinks so. On 30th March he went on CBS’ 60 Minutes in the US to promote his latest book “Flash Boys” an expose of the the dark world of High Frequency Trading (HFT). There he asserted “the US … Continue reading →

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Good debt, bad debt and unreal debt

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

Governments, corporations and people borrow to pay for something they need now, but don’t have enough cash/savings to pay for now. If that something is a hard economic asset (say, a power station, or a house), part of the future … Continue reading →

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Twitter IPO

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

I use Twitter every day. But not to tweet. Configured to follow the right news sources (BBC, NYT, Reuters, The Economist, RT and others) it makes a truly excellent news feed to keep up with what was going on. Today … Continue reading →

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