Автор: Thorp Edward O. Название: A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market ISBN: 1400067960 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400067961 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 18390.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. 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: Marks, Howard Название: Mastering the market cycle ISBN: 1473680379 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473680371 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 25300.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Understand and take advantage of the fluctuations of markets and come out ahead by learning when and where to invest your money.
A critical examination of translational medicine, when private risk is transferred to the public sector and university research teams become tech startups for global investors.
A global shift has secretly transformed science and medicine. Starting in 2003, biomedical research in the West has been reshaped by the emergence of translational science and medicine--the idea that the aim of research is to translate findings as quickly as possible into medical products. In The Market in Mind, Mark Dennis Robinson charts this shift, arguing that the new research paradigm has turned university research teams into small biotechnology startups and their industry partners into early-stage investment firms. There is also a larger, surprising consequence from this shift: according to Robinson, translational science and medicine enable biopharmaceutical firms, as part of a broader financial strategy, to outsource the riskiest parts of research to nonprofit universities. Robinson examines the implications of this new configuration. What happens, for example, when universities absorb unknown levels of risk? Robinson argues that in the years since the global financial crisis translational science and medicine has brought about "the financialization of health."
Robinson explores such topics as shareholder anxiety and industry retreat from Alzheimer's and depression research; how laboratory research is understood as health innovation even when there is no product; the emergence of investor networking events as crucial for viewing science in a market context; and the place of patients in research decisions. Although translational medicine justifies itself by the goal of relieving patients' suffering, Robinson finds patients' voices largely marginalized in translational neuroscience.
Автор: Aronson Janet Fisher Название: Marking Time with Mark: A Devotional Journal on the Book of Mark ISBN: 1973659220 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781973659228 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Marking Time with Mark is a journey with Jesus through his three-year ministry. As the disciples slowly grow in their faith, we can see how God works in them and in us to take us from where we are to where he wants us to be. Taking time to delve into the emotions that they experienced as they traveled through their three years together, we will become more aware of our own connection to their story and our own ups and downs in our faith walk.
Each chapter encourages us to read, respond, and reflect on the story of Jesus Christ and its impact on our lives.
