Trading Light

In today's financial markets, trading floors on which brokers buy and sell shares face-to-face have increasingly been replaced by lightning-fast electronic systems that use algorithms to execute astounding volumes of transactions. Trading at the Speed of Light tells the story of this epic transformation. Donald MacKenzie shows how in the 1990s, a new approach to trading - automated high-frequency trading or HFT - began and then spread throughout the world.

The early years of venture capital were a far cry from today’s very public dealings. Alan Patricof, one of the pioneers of the venture arena, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the past 50 years of the industry. From buying stock in Apple when its market valuation was only $60 million to founding New York Magazine to investing in AOL, Audible, and more recently, Axios, his discerning approach to finding companies is almost peerless.

Learning to take control of your future with swing trading feels risky. There's a mountain of conflicting advice--and managing trades feels like a ton of work. Where's the trading book for people who don't have time to make trading a second job? This is it.

Jen loves living in the big city and can’t wait to enroll her five-year-old son Henry in kindergarten. Mike, her husband of seven years, finds the city lights blinding and moves their family back to the tiny town where he grew up. Graisseville, Louisiana doesn’t even have a drive-thru coffee shop! Jen feels like a fish out of water. Still, God doesn’t put you where you’re not needed. It isn’t long before Jen finds she is living a life she never knew she wanted. But can she give up the city's bright lights and genuinely appreciate her yard full of lightning bugs?

Was hat Kochen mit Finanzen zu tun? Und wie können Dir Kenntnisse über Deine Ernährung helfen, Deine finanziellen Angelegenheiten zu optimieren? Das Finanzkochbuch „light“ zeigt Dir in konzentrierter Form, wie Du auch als Kochanfänger und Nicht-Finanzgenie ein ausgewogenes und bekömmliches Finanzmenü zusammenstellest. Kurz und knackig werden die Parallelen zwischen beiden Themengebieten dargelegt.

These are poems written for the Women's March, poems that salute peaceful protest, poems on sexism and racism, class discrimination, poverty and homelessness, immigration and identity. This new edition expands the collection to full book length and shows Godden at her inimitable best—deft technique and powerful emotional heft, with additional new poems reflecting on our fast- changing world with her trademark humour and resilience. This is a book full of light, courage and most of all hope.