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A man for all markets : from Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer and the market /

Traces the author's experiences as a mathematics wizard, author, inventor, hedge-fund manager, and card-counter who revealed casino-beating strategies, invented the first wearable computer, and launched a Wall Street revolution.

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Main Authors: Thorp, Edward O. (Author)
Published: Random House,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Thorp, Edward O.,
Investment advisors > United States > Biography.
Mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Gambling systems.
Investments.
Finance > Mathematical models.
Summary: Traces the author's experiences as a mathematics wizard, author, inventor, hedge-fund manager, and card-counter who revealed casino-beating strategies, invented the first wearable computer, and launched a Wall Street revolution.
Carrier Form: xvi, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-378) and index.
ISBN: 9781400067961 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
1400067960 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9780812998740 (ebook)
081299874X
Index Number: HG4928
CLC: K837.126.11
K837.125.3
Call Number: K837.125.3/T517
Contents: Loving to learn -- Science is my playground -- Physics and mathematics -- Las Vegas -- Conquering blackjack -- The day of the lamb -- Card counting for everyone -- Players versus casinos -- A computer that predicts roulette -- An edge at other gambling games -- Wall Street : the greatest casino on earth -- Bridge with Buffett -- Going into partnership -- Front-running the quantitative revolution -- Rise -- ... and fall -- Period of adjustment -- Swindles and hazards -- Buying low, selling high -- Backing the truck up to the banks -- One last puff -- Hedging your bets -- How rich is rich? -- Compound growth : the eighth wonder of the world -- Beat most investors by indexing -- Can you beat the market? should you try? -- Asset allocation and wealth management -- Giving back -- Financial crises : lessons not learned -- Thoughts -- Epilogue.

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