Title The quants [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] how a new breed of math whizzes conquered Wall Street and nearly destroyed it / Scott Patterson.

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New York : Crown, 2010.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 337 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
System Details	Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3387 KB).
Contents	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.
Summary	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.
Note	Title from eBook information screen.
Subject	Quantitative analysts -- United States.
	Investment advisors -- United States.
	Stockbrokers -- United States.
	Investments -- Mathematical models -- History.
	Finance -- United States.
	New York Stock Exchange.
	Finanzanalyse.
	Mathematisches Modell -- Geschichte 1950-2008.
	Wertpapieranalyse.
Genre	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Original 9780307453372 0307453375 (DLC) 2009028511 (OCoLC)419797257
	Print version: Patterson, Scott, 1969- quants. 1st ed. New York : Crown, c2010 9780307453372 (DLC) 2009028511 (OCoLC)419797257
ISBN	9780307453396 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
	0307453391 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)

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