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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

by Edward O. Thorp
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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

Mathematician turns gambler, revolutionizes finance.

If you're intrigued by the intersection of intellect and risk, "A Man for All Markets" is your kind of story. Edward O. Thorp's journey from academia to beating blackjack and then taking on Wall Street exemplifies how a mathematical mind can shift the odds in one's favor. It's both an adventure and a masterclass in strategic thinking, full of insights that transcend gambling into the broader realm of decision-making and investment. Turn each page to decrypt the market with the pioneer of quantitative finance himself.

  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

by Edward O. Thorp
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ISBN: 9780812979909
Author: Edward O. Thorp
Publisher: Random House Trade
Date of Publication: 2018-04-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Science, Economics, Business, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Technology, Money, Biography Memoir, Finance, Biography, Entrepreneurship, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.24
(rated by 7746 readers)

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Kogda legendarnyj matematik Edvard O. Torp izobrel metodiku podscheta kart, on dokazal to, chto kazalos obygrat dilera v blekdzhek vpolne realno. Ego udivitelnye uspekhi – i matematicheski bezuprechnyj metod — porodili takuju sensatsiju, chto kazino peresmotreli pravila i mir azartnykh igr neobratimo izmenilsja. Potom Torp perekljuchil svoe vnimanie na «velichajshee kazino v mire» – Uoll-strit. Razrabotannye i vnedrennye Torpom matematicheskie formuly, pozvoljajuschie obygrat rynok, vozvestili o nachale ery finansovoj matematiki, v kotoroj my zhivem i po sej den. «Vospominanija Eda Torpa chitajutsja kak triller. V nikh zameshany potajnye nosimye kompjutery, ot kotorykh ne otkazalsja by i Dzhejm s Bond, zloveschie personazhi, velikie uchenye i popytki otravlenija (ne govorja uzhe o diversii, posle kotoroj Ed dolzhen byl “popast v avariju†posredi pustyni). Eta kniga risuet portret akkuratnogo, sereznogo, organizovannogo cheloveka, posvjativshego sebja poiskam zhizni, znanij, finansovoj bezopasnosti i, ne v poslednjuju ochered, udovolstvij». (Nassim Taleb)«Ja priglashaju vas prinjat uchastie v moej odissee po miram nauki, azartnykh igr i rynkov tsennykh bumag. Vy uznaete, kak mne udalos preodolet vsevozmozhnye opasnosti i dobitsja uspekha v Las-Vegase, na Uoll-strit i v moej sobstvennoj zhizni. V etom puteshestvii vy vstretites s interesnymi ljudmi, ot schitajuschikh kart igrokov v blekdzhek do spetsialistov po investitsijam, ot kinozvezd do nobelevskikh laureatov. Vy poznakomites s optsionami i drugimi proizvodnymi finansovymi instrumentami, a takzhe s khedzh-fondami, i uznaete, kak prostaja investitsionnaja strategija pozvoljaet v dolgovremennoj perspektive obygrat vsekh, dazhe samykh opytnykh, investorov». (Edvard Torp)
 

Mathematician turns gambler, revolutionizes finance.

If you're intrigued by the intersection of intellect and risk, "A Man for All Markets" is your kind of story. Edward O. Thorp's journey from academia to beating blackjack and then taking on Wall Street exemplifies how a mathematical mind can shift the odds in one's favor. It's both an adventure and a masterclass in strategic thinking, full of insights that transcend gambling into the broader realm of decision-making and investment. Turn each page to decrypt the market with the pioneer of quantitative finance himself.

  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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