| Description |
1 online resource (415 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
From 1987 to 1992, a small group of Wall Street quants invented an entirely new way of managing risk to maximize success: risk management for risk-takers. This is the secret that lets tiny quantitative edges create hedge fund billionaires, and defines the powerful modern global derivatives economy. The same practical techniques are still used today by risk-takers in finance as well as many other fields. Red-Blooded Risk examines this approach and offers valuable advice for the calculated risk-takers who need precise antitative guidance that will help separate them from the rest of the pack. While most commentators say that the last financial crisis proved it's time to follow risk-minimizing techniques, they're wrong. The only way to succeed at anything is to manage true risk, which includes the chance of loss. Red-Blooded Risk presents specific, actionable strategies that will allow you to be a practical risk-taker in even the most dynamic markets |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Risk.
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Loss control.
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Financial engineering.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Microeconomics.
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Financial engineering
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Loss control
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Risk
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012406442 |
| ISBN |
9781118140154 |
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111814015X |
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9781118140178 |
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1118140176 |
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1283273853 |
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9781283273855 |
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