Patterson, Scott, frey50
The quants : how a small band of math wizards took over Wall St. and nearly destroyed it / Scott Patterson. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown, c2010. - x, 337 p. ; 25 cm.
All in -- The Godfather: Ed Thorp -- Beat the market -- The volatility smile -- Four of a kind -- The Wolf -- The money grid -- Living the dream -- "I keep my fingers crossed for the future" -- The August factor -- The doomsday clock -- A flaw -- The devil's work -- Dark pools.
A gripping narrative of brilliance and hubris, "The Quants" follows the rise of 1950s-era math geniuses let loose on Wall Street--who then set in motion ever widening market catastrophes.
9780307453372 0307453375 9781847940582 1847940587
2009028511
New York Stock Exchange.
Quantitative analysts--United States.
Investment advisors--United States.
Stockbrokers--United States.
Investments--Mathematical models--History.
Finance--United States.
Finanzanalyse.
Mathematisches Modell--Geschichte 1950-2008.
Wertpapieranalyse.
332.64092273 Pat 9
The quants : how a small band of math wizards took over Wall St. and nearly destroyed it / Scott Patterson. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown, c2010. - x, 337 p. ; 25 cm.
All in -- The Godfather: Ed Thorp -- Beat the market -- The volatility smile -- Four of a kind -- The Wolf -- The money grid -- Living the dream -- "I keep my fingers crossed for the future" -- The August factor -- The doomsday clock -- A flaw -- The devil's work -- Dark pools.
A gripping narrative of brilliance and hubris, "The Quants" follows the rise of 1950s-era math geniuses let loose on Wall Street--who then set in motion ever widening market catastrophes.
9780307453372 0307453375 9781847940582 1847940587
2009028511
New York Stock Exchange.
Quantitative analysts--United States.
Investment advisors--United States.
Stockbrokers--United States.
Investments--Mathematical models--History.
Finance--United States.
Finanzanalyse.
Mathematisches Modell--Geschichte 1950-2008.
Wertpapieranalyse.
332.64092273 Pat 9