Description
Product ID: | 9781847940599 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Quants |
Subtitle: | The maths geniuses who brought down Wall Street |
Authors: | Author: Scott Patterson |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Economics, Economics |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. You''re a genius. Nobody plays the financial markets better than you. What could possibly go wrong? |
Imprint Name: | Random House Business Books |
Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-04-07 |