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Heard many times elsewhere, but still cool as a history.
Excellent book and probably one of my most favourite.
The book recounts the story of Ed Thorp, widely regarded as one first to apply quantitative methods to trading. The book also looks at various other quantitative investors and risk management (especially via the Kelly criterion) features prominently throughout the book.
The book of course does not broach the GFC as it was written in 2004, however my only regret is that I had read it before reading The Quants (by Scott Patterson) as it logically ...more
The book recounts the story of Ed Thorp, widely regarded as one first to apply quantitative methods to trading. The book also looks at various other quantitative investors and risk management (especially via the Kelly criterion) features prominently throughout the book.
The book of course does not broach the GFC as it was written in 2004, however my only regret is that I had read it before reading The Quants (by Scott Patterson) as it logically ...more
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