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"Wow, how everyone got caught by this bubble. Based on the book, this is a classic example of how directors' greed and obsession with share price collapsed a phoney dream. I still am not exactly clear on what these snakes really did. It is easy to see now that it was a house of cards but that is Read more...
How I Became a Quant: Insights from 25 of Wall Street's Elite
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For the Serious Quant Wannabe Only
03/17/2011
"This book gives 24 chapters of stories from different people. These quants are learned and respectable guys: many of them have PhD's from top business schools. Some of them stumbled upon the world of Finance quite by chance and others wanted to be there from when they were in nappies. I struggled Read more...
"I live in South Africa and have subscribed to this via iTunes and it arrives every Sunday night. In Andrew's approximately 1 hour long podcast he generally gives you an overview of global markets and where we are currently at. Thereafter there is normally a great guest - these are usually quite w Read more...
American Experience: The Crash of 1929
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History Lesson from some of the greats
02/13/2011
"Features bankers, actors, economists, speculators such as Michael J. Meehan, Charles Mitchell, William C. Durant, Julius (Groucho) Marx, Roger W. Babson, John Kenneth Galbraith and John Jacob Raskob. The twenties was a decade of unbridled optimism and prosperity...that ended with a massive nosed Read more...
Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World's Largest Derivatives Exchange
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Well-researched. Gripping in parts
02/12/2011
"I picked this title up on some internet feed. I liked the name and cover and it had 5 stars on Amazon (I don't normally read anything less than 3.5 - 4 stars). The book details ""The Rise of the World's Largest Derivatives Exchange"", The CME Group. It starts off by giving non-futures-savvy readers Read more...
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