Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Recent Work: Traders Navigate a Murky New World

Another day, another animation.

A dark pool is an electronic platform where investors trade shares privately, away from more transparent stock exchanges. What do they have to hide? Watch this animation to find out:




What's interesting about this story is that it's a very typical example of how complicated the financial rulebook has become for traders. And animation is a great way to show complicated matters.

Zach Wise has done a great job with it for the New York Times "Flipped" video project.

And then there was, of course, this great piece that was one of the first economic animations I've seen:


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