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The physics of wall street is a fantastic introduction for someone who wants to understand the big board. While many of the mathematicians and software engineers on wall street failed when their abstractions turned ugly in practice, a special breed of physicists has a much deeper history of revolutionizing finance. She has a regular column on everyday physics in the wall street journal. If you thought wall street was about alpha males standing in trading pits. I also found the book engaging, well written, and well researched, with detailed notes and references. Compared to 2016s list, which had a lot of books about how to get a competitive edge such as grit, smarter faster better and shoe dog. A brief history of predicting the unpredictable kindle edition by weatherall, james owen. Jim simonss renaissance technologies returned 80% in 2008 by being smarter than the competition and by doing science on wall street.
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This book was written in the 1940s, but still portrays many truths about the business of wall street. Ever since the financial crisis, james owen weatherall writes in his new book, the physics of wall street, words like quant, derivative and model have taken on some. The physics of wall street a brief history of predicting the unpredictable james owen weatherall one of the best finance books ive read a great read. A look inside the world of quants and how science can and cant predict financial markets.
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