A Mathematician Plays the Market
Author(s): John Allen Paulos
Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom. The book tells the fascinating, funny and often excruciating story of how John Allen Paulos gambled - and lost - in his calamitous attempts to make a fortune on the stock market. Throughout his adventures in the marketplace, Paulos manages to shed light on its paradoxes and puzzles: How random is it? How do you assess risk? This tale of greed, business gurus and gullible punters is for anyone fascinated by how the market works - and how it can go horribly wrong.
Product Information
"'John Allen Paulos is the maths teacher I found twenty-five years too late' Sean French, Independent"
General Fields
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- : pengui
- : pengui
- : 0.174
- : 24 June 2004
- : 200mm X 128mm X 15mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 224
- : Paperback
- : John Allen Paulos