A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
New York : Random House, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvi, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Traces the author's experiences as a mathematics wizard, author, inventor, hedge-fund manager, and card-counter who revealed casino-beating strategies, invented the first wearable computer, and launched a Wall Street revolution.
Contents:
Introduction -- Loving to learn -- Science is my playground -- Physics and mathematics -- Las Vegas -- Conquering blackjack -- The day of the lamb -- Card counting for everyone -- Players versus casinos -- A computer that predicts roulette -- An edge at other gambling games -- Wall Street: the greatest casino on earth -- Bridge with Buffett -- Going into partnership -- Front-running the quantitative revolution -- Rise -- ... and fall -- Period of adjustment -- Swindles and hazards -- Buying low, selling high -- Backing the truck up to the banks -- One last puff -- Hedging one's bets -- How rich is rich? -- Compound growth: the eighth wonder of the world -- Beat most investors by indexing -- Can you beat the market? should you try? -- Asset allocation and wealth management -- Giving back -- Financial crises: lessons not learned -- Thoughts -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Thorp, Edward O.
Thorp, Edward O.
Investment advisors -- United States -- Biography.
Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
Gambling systems.
Investments.
Finance -- Mathematical models.
Finance -- Mathematical models.
Gambling systems.
Investment advisors.
Investments.
Mathematicians.
United States.
Thorp, Edward O.
Thorp, Edward O.
Investment advisors -- United States -- Biography.
Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
Gambling systems.
Investments.
Finance -- Mathematical models.
Finance -- Mathematical models.
Gambling systems.
Investment advisors.
Investments.
Mathematicians.
United States.
ISBN:
9781400067961
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Thorp, Edward O. | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.