Red-blooded risk : the secret history of Wall Street
First Statement of Responsibility
Aaron Brown ; ]illustrated by Eric Kim[ Secret history of Wall Street
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, N.J :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Wiley
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2012
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 415 p. : ill.
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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the secret history of Wall Street
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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Financial risk
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Risk management
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Risk
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Finance
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Finance
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Speculation
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Decision making
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HD
Book number
61
Classification Record Number
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B77
2012
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
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Brown, Aaron, 1956-
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
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Includes index
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"One hundred useful books": p. 393-399.
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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