A Demon Of Our Own Design

Author : Richard Bookstaber
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780470393758
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Demon of Our Own Design written by Richard Bookstaber and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside markets, innovation, and risk Why do markets keep crashing and why are financial crises greater than ever before? As the risk manager to some of the leading firms on Wall Street–from Morgan Stanley to Salomon and Citigroup–and a member of some of the world’s largest hedge funds, from Moore Capital to Ziff Brothers and FrontPoint Partners, Rick Bookstaber has seen the ghost inside the machine and vividly shows us a world that is even riskier than we think. The very things done to make markets safer, have, in fact, created a world that is far more dangerous. From the 1987 crash to Citigroup closing the Salomon Arb unit, from staggering losses at UBS to the demise of Long-Term Capital Management, Bookstaber gives readers a front row seat to the management decisions made by some of the most powerful financial figures in the world that led to catastrophe, and describes the impact of his own activities on markets and market crashes. Much of the innovation of the last 30 years has wreaked havoc on the markets and cost trillions of dollars. A Demon of Our Own Design tells the story of man’s attempt to manage market risk and what it has wrought. In the process of showing what we have done, Bookstaber shines a light on what the future holds for a world where capital and power have moved from Wall Street institutions to elite and highly leveraged hedge funds.

Author : Kirk Northington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470522305
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volatility-Based Technical Analysis written by Kirk Northington and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A framework for creating volatility-based technical analysis and trading it for profit Volatility-Based Technical Analysis bridges the advantage gap between resource rich institutions and individual traders. It is a no-calculus, plain-English text that reveals original, highly technical, mathematical-based volatility indicators, complete with MetaStock® and TradeStation® code. With this in hand, any trader can "trade the invisible" by seeing a hidden mathematical structure on the price chart. Author Kirk Northington reveals his proprietary volatility indicators that serve as a market early warning system. Northington extensively teaches you how to build your own indicators, test them, and incorporate your original components into your specific trading methods. Walks traders through the mathematical techniques needed to create indicators that fit their own style Illustrates volatility-based entries and exits with over 170 descriptive chart examples Introduces two new concepts in technical analysis: Volatility Shift and PIV Written with the serious trader in mind, Volatility-Based Technical Analysis has what you need to successfully trade today's institutionally dominated markets.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulating Hedge Funds and Other Private Investment Pools written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hedge Funds and the Financial Market written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeff Madrick
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307596710
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age of Greed written by Jeff Madrick and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vividly told history of how greed bred America’s economic ills over the last forty years, and of the men most responsible for them. As Jeff Madrick makes clear in a narrative at once sweeping, fast-paced, and incisive, the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who have argued that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns. These stewards of American capitalism have insisted on the central and essential place of accumulated wealth through the booms, busts, and recessions of the last half century, giving rise to our current woes. In telling the stories of these politicians, economists, and financiers who declared a moral battle for freedom but instead gave rise to an age of greed, Madrick traces the lineage of some of our nation’s most pressing economic problems. He begins with Walter Wriston, head of what would become Citicorp, who led the battle against government regulation. He examines the ideas of economist Milton Friedman, who created the plan for an anti-Rooseveltian America; the politically expedient decisions of Richard Nixon that fueled inflation; the philosophy of Alan Greenspan, on whose libertarian ideology a house of cards was built on Wall Street; and the actions of Sandy Weill, who constructed the largest financial institution in the world, which would have gone bankrupt in 2008 without a federal bailout of $45 billion. Significant figures including Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, Jack Welch, and Ronald Reagan play key roles as well. Intense economic inequity and instability is the story of our age, and Jeff Madrick tells it with style, clarity, and an unerring command of his subject.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 184930064X
Total Pages : 6928 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource, 4th edition written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 6928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource (4th edition) offers both practical and thought-provoking articles for the finance practitioner, written by leading experts from the markets and academia. The coverage is expansive and in-depth, with key themes which include balance sheets and cash flow, regulation, investment, governance, reputation management, and Islamic finance encompassed in over 250 best practice and thought leadership articles. This edition will also comprise key perspectives on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors -- essential for understanding the long-term sustainability of a company, whether you are an investor or a corporate strategist. Also included: Checklists: more than 250 practical guides and solutions to daily financial challenges; Finance Information Sources: 200+ pages spanning 65 finance areas; International Financial Information: up-to-date country and industry data; Management Library: over 130 summaries of the most popular finance titles; Finance Thinkers: 50 biographies covering their work and life; Quotations and Dictionary.

Author : S. McGuire
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470185880
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buy Gold Now written by S. McGuire and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterfully researched, and written in a straightforward style, Buy Gold Now makes a case for buying gold as protection against the rising risks of an unprecedented global currency crisis and as a profitable investment vehicle. Divided into five comprehensive parts, this reliable resource examines our country’s current financial situation from a historical perspective and addresses some of the alarming issues that many economists are currently pointing to with concern.

Author : Sean Tully
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
ISBN 13 : 1906659664
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Restoring Confidence in the Financial System written by Sean Tully and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2010 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the intricacies of the regulatory framework of Basel I and Basel II, the two landmark events in banking regulation which inadvertently laid the foundation for the economic crisis.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systemic Risk written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rodney Stich
Publisher : Silverpeak Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 0932438555
Total Pages : 793 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Housing and Financial Frauds written by Rodney Stich and published by Silverpeak Enterprises. This book was released on 2008-10-25 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "America's housing and financial frauds reveals the frauds at every level of the housing, appraiser, broker, lender level, and the frauds by Wall Street firms packaging expected-to-fail mortgages into financial instruments. And the regulators and members of Congress that made possible the nation's worst financial crisis"--Publisher's website