Red-blooded risk : the secret history of Wall Street
Aaron Brown ; ]illustrated by Eric Kim[ Secret history of Wall Street
Hoboken, N.J :
Wiley
2012
xii, 415 p. : ill.
the secret history of Wall Street
Financial risk
Risk management
Risk
Finance
Finance
Speculation
Decision making
HD
61
.
B77
2012
Brown, Aaron, 1956-
Includes index
"One hundred useful books": p. 393-399.
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