Crapshoot Investing: How Tech-Savvy Traders and Clueless Regulators Turned the Stock Market into a Casino

Acknowledgments

I want to thank my most memorable college professor and lifelong friend, Francis Burch, S.J., a brilliant scholar and author who encouraged me to become a columnist and an author.

This book was produced under a tight deadline to bring very important information to the attention of the investing public. I would not have been able to tackle the project without the encouragement of my colleagues at Barron’s: Editor and President Edwin Finn; Managing Editor Richard Rescigno; and Assistant Managing Editor Phil Roosevelt. I also owe thanks to my officemate Tom Donlan, our editorialist and the author of several books, for his suggestions, especially those regarding Harvey Houtkin.

Chris Anderson, one of the smartest men on Wall Street, ...