Who, Me?: Are You Calling Me?, Markey Zella Theriot
Название: Market Leader 3rd Ed Marketing ISBN: 1408220075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408220078 Издательство: Pearson Education Рейтинг: Цена: от 819.00 р. 3570.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: The Market Leader specialist titles extends the scope of the Market Leader series and allows teachers to focus on the reading skills and vocabulary development required for specific areas of business.
Описание: The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.
A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card counting, proving the seemingly impossible: that you could beat the dealer at the blackjack table. As a result he launched a gambling renaissance.
His remarkable successand mathematically unassailable methodcaused such an uproar that casinos altered the rules of the game to thwart him and the legions he inspired. They barred him from their premises, even put his life in jeopardy. Nonetheless, gambling was forever changed.
Thereafter, Thorp shifted his sights to ';the biggest casino in the world': Wall Street.
Devising and then deploying mathematical formulas to beat the market, Thorp ushered in the era of quantitative finance we live in today. Along the way, the so-called godfather of the quants played bridge with Warren Buffett, crossed swords with a young Rudy Giuliani, detected the Bernie Madoff scheme, and, to beat the game of roulette, invented, with Claude Shannon, the world's first wearable computer.
Here, for the first time, Thorp tells the story of what he did, how he did it, his passions and motivations, and the curiosity that has always driven him to disregard conventional wisdom and devise game-changing solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. An intellectual thrill ride, replete with practical wisdom that can guide us all in uncertain financial waters, A Man for All Markets is an instant classica book that challenges its readers to think logically about a seemingly irrational world.
Praise for A Man for All Markets
';In A Man for All Markets, [Thorp] delightfully recounts his progress (if that is the word) from college teacher to gambler to hedge-fund manager.
Along the way we learn important lessons about the functioning of markets and the logic of investment.'The Wall Street Journal
';[Thorp] gives a biological summation (think Richard Feynman's Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!) of his quest to prove the aphorism ';the house always wins' is flawed. .
. . Illuminating for the mathematically inclined, and cautionary for would-be gamblers and day traders' Library Journal
Автор: Samantha N. N. Cross, Cecilia Ruvalcaba, Alladi Ve Название: Consumer Culture Theory ISBN: 1787439070 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787439078 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 14910.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the illusions that pervade contemporary consumption as well as the forces of globalization, localization, and hybridization that affect consumption throughout our interconnected world.
Описание: Explores the tension between oil and gas development and the land-loss crisis in Louisiana. Jason Theriot offers an engaging analysis of both the impressive, albeit ecologically destructive, engineering feats that characterized industrial growth in the region and the mounting environmental problems that threaten south Louisiana.
Автор: Theriot Mary Reason Название: Seven Graves of Evil ISBN: 1945393629 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945393624 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Theriot Mary Reason Название: The Hunter ISBN: 1945393505 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945393501 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Theriot Mary Reason Название: The Traveler ISBN: 1945393521 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945393525 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Theriot Clifton P. Название: Lafourche Parish ISBN: 1531670474 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531670474 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4413.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Theriot Mary Reason Название: My Superhero ISBN: 1945393602 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945393600 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1930.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Theriot Mary Название: Haunted Visions: Grace`s Story ISBN: 1945393017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945393013 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3447.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
