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Dark Pools
“"Dark Pools" started out well, with a fast pace and some very interesting information tied to a story of money and the underbelly of trading. However as the book progressed it seemed to transition from a great piece of expository writing with character, to a soap opera-like descriptive narrative...”
“"Dark Pools" started out well, with a fast pace and some very interesting information tied to a story of money and the underbelly of trading. However as the book progressed it seemed to transition from a great piece of expository writing with character, to a soap opera-like descriptive narrative lacking the educational value of the first chapters. Some passages repeated beyond "reinforcement" to the point of boring redundancy, while some passages seemed to contradict earlier points or facts. After reading some very lacking explanations of a few technology-related terms, I started questioning the accuracy of his description of the mechanics of the markets. And throughout the text I was very suspicious of quotes from decades ago that were probably not nearly as accurate as they were presented to be. However, besides all that, the book was interesting overall and introduced me to some market structures I was unaware of and whet my appetite for more technical writings.”
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