Red-blooded risk the secret history of Wall Street

Red-blooded risk : the secret history of Wall Street / Aaron Brown ; [illustrated by Eric Kim].

Author/creator	Brown, Aaron, 1956-
Other author/creator	Kim, Eric, 1977-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley,
Description	xii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Financial risk. Risk management. Risk. Finance--History --20th century. Finance--History --21st century. Speculation--United States --History. Decision making.

Portion of title	Secret history of Wall Street
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.
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	"One hundred useful books": p. 393-399.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012406442
ISBN	9781118043868 (cloth)
ISBN	1118043863 (cloth)

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