A man for all markets : from Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer and the market
(2017)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
332.6092/THORP,E

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 332.6092/THORP,E Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, [2017]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xvi, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781400067961, 1400067960
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Introduction -- Loving to learn -- Science is my playground -- Physics and mathematics -- Las Vegas -- Conquering blackjack -- The day of the lamb -- Card counting for everyone -- Players versus casinos -- A computer that predicts roulette -- An edge at other gambling games -- Wall Street: the greatest casino on earth -- Bridge with Buffett -- Going into partnership -- Front-running the quantitative revolution -- Rise -- ... and fall -- Period of adjustment -- Swindles and hazards -- Buying low, selling high -- Backing the truck up to the banks -- One last puff -- Hedging one's bets -- How rich is rich? -- Compound growth: the eighth wonder of the world -- Beat most investors by indexing -- Can you beat the market? should you try? -- Asset allocation and wealth management -- Giving back -- Financial crises: lessons not learned -- Thoughts -- Epilogue

Traces the author's experiences as a mathematics wizard, author, inventor, hedge-fund manager, and card-counter who revealed casino-beating strategies, invented the first wearable computer, and launched a Wall Street revolution