The Quants: The Maths Geniuses Who Brought Down Wall Street

Author: Scott Patterson

Stock information

General Fields

Price : $27.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781847940599
Publisher : Cornerstone
Imprint : Century
Contained items :
Weight (g) : 0.241
Publication date : 28 February 2011
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 29.99
Availability date : 01 March 2011
Out of print date :
Agency :
Product Type : books

Special Fields

color :
Author : Scott Patterson
Series :
Bind : Paperback
Edition :
Illustrator :
Language :
Dewey classification : 332.64092273
Library of Con LOCSH :
Pages : 352
BIC subject :
Illustrations :
Colour :
Session :
Deck :
Store Notes :
Translator :
Signed :

9781847940599

Description

Quants - quantitative analysts - were the maths masterminds let loose on Wall Street in the belief that their brilliant, impregnable computer programs would always beat the market. This book charts their rise from obscurity to boom and then to bust, explaining why they were so confident - and how they got it so disastrously wrong.

Promotion info

The compelling story of the computer whizzkids behind the global economic meltdown.

Author description

Scott Patterson worked for several years as a financial reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He lives in New York.

Your Bookstore.io logo