The Quants
The maths geniuses who brought down Wall Street
(Sprache: Englisch)
The compelling story of the computer whizzkids behind the global economic meltdown.
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The compelling story of the computer whizzkids behind the global economic meltdown.
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You're a genius. Nobody plays the financial markets better than you. What could possibly go wrong?Quants - quantitative analysts - were the maths masterminds let loose on Wall Street in the belief that their brilliant, impregnable computer programs would always beat the market. But as the catastrophic events of 2007 and 2008 showed, their seemingly failproof methods were little more than ticking timebombs.
Inspired by the 'Godfather of Quants' - maths-professor-turned-gambler Ed Thorp, who began applying skills learned at the Vegas tables to the financial markets back in the 1950s - the quants achieved extraordinary success and massive wealth. This book charts their rise from obscurity to boom and then to bust, explaining why they were so confident - and how they got it so disastrously wrong.
Autoren-Porträt von Scott Patterson
Scott Patterson worked for several years as a financial reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He lives in New York.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Scott Patterson
- 2011, 352 Seiten, Maße: 13,2 x 2,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Random House Business
- ISBN-10: 1847940595
- ISBN-13: 9781847940599
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.10.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Scott Patterson has the ability to see things you and I don't notice. In@lt;i@gt; The Quants@lt;/i@gt; he does an admirable job of debunking the myths of black box traders and provides a very entertaining narrative in the process."@lt;br@gt; --@lt;b@gt;Nassim Nicholas Taleb@lt;/b@gt;, New York Times bestselling author of@lt;i@gt; Fooled by Randomness@lt;/i@gt; and@lt;i@gt; The Black Swan@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;@lt;/b@gt;@lt;br@gt; "Fascinating and deeply disturbing...Patterson gives faces and personalities to the quants, making their saga accessible and intriguing...[he's] onto a big story that begs follow-up."@lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;--New York Times@lt;/b@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; "Valuable...makes [the quants'] secretive world comprehensible...the story radiates with hubris, high stakes and expensive toys."@lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;--Bloomberg.com@lt;/b@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; "A riveting account...there are many dramatic moments and a good dose of schadenfreude in Scott Patterson's THE QUA
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Mr Patterson is onto a big story that already begs follow-up New York Times
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