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Red-blooded risk : the secret history of Wall Street / Aaron Brown ; [illustrated by Eric Kim].

By: Brown, Aaron, 1956-Contributor(s): Kim, Eric, 1977- [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012Description: xii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781118043868 (hbk.) :; 1118043863 (hbk.) :Other title: Secret history of Wall StreetSubject(s): Financial risk | Risk management | Risk | Finance -- History -- 20th century | Finance -- History -- 21st century | Speculation -- United States -- History | Decision makingDDC classification: 332.01 LOC classification: HD61 | .B77 2012
Contents:
What this book is and why you should read it Red blood and blue blood Pascal's wager and the seven principles of risk management The secret history of Wall Street, 1654-1982 When Harry met Kelly Exponentials, vampires, zombies, and tulips Money The story of money : the past The secret history of Wall Street, 1983-1987 The story of money : the future Cold blood What does a risk manager do? : inside VaR VaR of the jungle The secret history of Wall Street, 1988-1992 Hot blood and thin blood What does a risk manager do? : outside VaR The story of risk Frequency versus degree of belief The secret history of Wall Street, 1993-2007 The secret history of Wall Street : the 2007 crisis and beyond Postmortem A risk management curiculum.

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Includes bibliographical references ("One hundred useful books": p. 393-399) and index.

What this book is and why you should read it Red blood and blue blood Pascal's wager and the seven principles of risk management The secret history of Wall Street, 1654-1982 When Harry met Kelly Exponentials, vampires, zombies, and tulips Money The story of money : the past The secret history of Wall Street, 1983-1987 The story of money : the future Cold blood What does a risk manager do? : inside VaR VaR of the jungle The secret history of Wall Street, 1988-1992 Hot blood and thin blood What does a risk manager do? : outside VaR The story of risk Frequency versus degree of belief The secret history of Wall Street, 1993-2007 The secret history of Wall Street : the 2007 crisis and beyond Postmortem A risk management curiculum.

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