Angled hardcover copy of Fed Up! by Colin Lancaster, a market novel about hedge fund macro trading and the 2020 financial crisis.

Fed Up! Success, Excess & Crisis Through the Eyes of a hedge fund macro trader

Fed Up! is a market novel set in the Covid-era panic of 2020, tracing the path from the late stages of an exuberant bull market through the crash and into the early recovery. Drawing on the world of global macro trading, this riveting account shines a light on liquidity, policy intervention, and the financial conditions that shape both markets and the economy beyond them.

  • "Fed Up!… should be considered a basic acquisition not just for business, fiction, and economic collections, but history and social issues holdings alike."

    — Midwest Book Review

  • "Excessive, profane, and right on the mark. Macro is back!"

    — Ben Melkman, Founder of Light Sky Macro

  • "You can draw a straight line from Liar’s Poker to fed up! Despite 40 years passing, the antics around financial markets remain the same. Fed Up! captures the chaos around 2020 in graphic detail. it was quite a wild ride!"

    — Steven Drobny, Founder and CEO of Clocktower Group

  • "Fed-Up! strikes all the right chords and moves faster than a rock concert"

    — Don Smiley, President and CEO of Summerfest, former President of Florida Marlins

  • "It’s a great book for those interested in the workings of the stock market…as Lancaster …explains what the life of a trader is really like."

    — San Francisco Book Review

  • "…It’s a very good read on how the economy and central banks interplay with one another. It outdoes some of Mike Lewis’ best…I promise you won’t be sorry you read this book!"

    — Ed Hyman, Senior Chairman of Equities and Vice Chairman of Evercore

Cover of Fed Up! by Colin Lancaster, Success, Excess & Crisis Through the Eyes of a Hedge Fund Macro Trader.

The 2020 financial crisis, As It Happened