MWE SHORT: Dr. Richard Sandor – The Building Blocks of the Financial Industry

“You can’t tell Derrick Rose or LeBron James he’s not allowed to fake out an opponent.”

Ben Van Vliet, Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Illinois Institute of Technology, discusses the nature of competition in the financial industry and the impact of deception in the markets.

“There’s a tension between a desire to win and the things you need to do to manage your trading system.”

“People need to be educated and told what derivatives can do.”

“You have to work incredibly hard to survive. That’s a fact of being a rugby player, and that’s a fact of life.”