The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It

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Authors: Scott Patterson

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Contents

            
The Players

  1   
   
ALL IN

  2   
   
THE GODFATHER: ED THORP

  3   
   
BEAT THE MARKET

  4   
   
THE VOLATILITY SMILE

  5   
   
FOUR OF A KIND

  6   
   
THE WOLF

  7   
   
THE MONEY GRID

  8   
   
LIVING THE DREAM

  9   
   
“I KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE FUTURE”

10   
   
THE AUGUST FACTOR

11   
   
THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK

12   
   
A FLAW

13   
   
THE DEVIL’S WORK

14   
   
DARK POOLS

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