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The Poker Face of Wall Street

The Poker Face of Wall Street

by Aaron Brown (Author)

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    Hardcover 2006

    $11.69
Synopsis

Wall Street is where poker and modern finance and the theory behind these games clash head on. In both worlds, real risk means real money is made or lost in a heart beat, and neither camp is always rational with the risk it takes. As a result, business and financial professionals who want to use poker insights to improve their job performance will find this entertaining book a must read. So will poker players searching for an edge in applying the insights of risk-takers on Wall Street.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 368
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 28 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 0471770574
ISBN 13: 9780471770572

Media Reviews
He convincingly argues that card strategies apply to investing, and he drives his thesis home with real-life examples. (Bloomberg News, April 27, 2006) ...The intellectually challenging and highly entertaining ... actually helps serious-minded investors (and poker players) increase their odds of making money. (Financial Times, March 2006) [Brown] convincingly argues that card strategies apply to investing, and he drives his thesis home with real-life examples. (Bloomberg.com, May 2006) ...if you fancy yourself as a trader...then this book is an excellent place to start. (Financial World, July 2006)
Author Bio
AARON BROWN is an executive director at the investment bank Morgan Stanley. He won the Wilmott Award in 2005 as Financial Educator of the Year for his speaking, writing, and activism. He holds degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard (where he played poker with a future world's richest man and a future president of the United States) and finance from the University of Chicago (where he played poker with three Nobel Prize winners). A well-known Wall Street quant, he is a columnist for Wilmott, the leading journal serving the quantitative finance community. He has been involved in trading, risk management, and portfolio management for Prudential Insurance, JPMorgan, Rabobank, and Citigroup. He is also a serious lifelong poker player who has played with Wall Street tycoons and world champion poker pros.