Michael Lewis

Shares of Power Solutions International Inc (NASDAQ: PSIX) were halted on a circuit breaker during Friday's trading session after the company received notice that its independent accounting firm will no longer be providing its services and that the company's chief financial officer Michael Lewis...

A new study by Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor Jesse Blocher has seemingly debunked the myth that high-frequency traders (HFTs) are systematically setting pricing traps to lure retail traders. HFTs are the primary topic of Michael Lewis’ best-selling book “Flash Boys,”...

IEX Group is a stock trading venue that gained the national spotlight following Michael Lewis' book "Flash Boys." IEX is a dark pool, or an alternative trading system, based in the United States. The trading venue is unique in the sense that the computer equipment that handles trading is located in...

SunTrust has upgraded Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) to Buy from Neutral, while downgraded Apartment Investment and Management Co (NYSE: AIV) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) to Neutral from Buy. On EQR, Analyst Michael Lewis said concerns about New York/SanFranciso and an urban focus have...

Michael Lewis is perhaps most well-known for authoring the best-seller "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt" and "Moneyball: The Art Of Winning An Unfair Game," among others. On Thursday, he penned an article on Bloomberg, in which he discussed one of his favorite memories from his professional career...

Bradley "Brad" Katsuyama, co-founder and CEO of the Investors Exchange (IEX), featured prominently in bestselling financial author Michael Lewis' book on high-frequency trading, "Flash Boys." Katsuyama was on this week's edition of Wall Street Week to discuss how high-...

Financial journalist and author of bestsellers like "Liar's Poker," "The Big Short," "Moneyball" and "Flash Boys," Michael Lewis was recently on CNBC to discuss if markets are in the bubble territory, why he considers Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-...

“Flash Boys” author Michael Lewis is one of Felix Salmon’s favorite writers. “He is the best writer of nonfiction financial journalism in the world,” he said. “There’s really no doubt about that.” Salmon is a senior editor at Fusion, former...

Despite the number of people remaining bearish, Dennis Gartman says it's still a bull market out there. Gartman has been writing his daily financial trading commentary, “The Gartman Letter,” every day for the past thirty years -- with the single exception of his parent's 50th wedding anniversary....

Turney Duff is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess. Recently, Sony Pictures purchased the rights to develop the book in to a TV show or movie. Duff was a special guest on Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep show on May 23 to talk...

On Sunday night, author Michael Lewis shocked the world on the 60 Minutes television program, by announcing that the market is “rigged." Lewis' premise, that High Frequency Trading has created an unlevel playing field for investors, has some merit. However, only Predatory High Frequency...

In his latest book, Flash Boys, Michael Lewis contends the stock market is "rigged" in favor of institutional investors who buy and sell securities rapidly with computer programs, booking loads of tiny profits. This is at the expense of the individual investor, Lewis claims. Actually, it is the...

When it comes to the notion of a stock market rigged by high-frequency traders, aka the so-called “Flash Boys,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested his own version of fighting fire with fire. The way to win, Cramer said, is to do basic homework. Cramer doesn’t dispute author Michael Lewis’ allegations...

Best-selling financial journalist Michael Lewis thinks that the U.S. stock market is rigged in favor of high frequency traders, stock exchanges and large Wall Street banks who utilize speed trading to gain an edge over everyone else. In his newest book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, Lewis...