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A very interesting account of an early career in Quant Finance - [23 May 2010]
I think anyone working in (quantitative) finance will get something out of this book. It is unique and there won't be another one like it (impact/success wise), because of how much the world of quant finance has changed over the past 10-15 years. It is...
unique and there won't be another one like it (impact/success wise), because of how much ...
www.amazon.com/review/R2T1LKYTJ...
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Nice book, I wish they were less complicated details or more explanations. - [03 May 2010]
I read that book because I am a Ph.D. student and I hesitate between an academic life or going to work for a company. I found the book interesting as the author has been in both worlds, and talks about the good and the bad in each, how his life was, what...
to work for a company. I found the book interesting as the author has been in both worlds...
www.amazon.com/review/RUYLL7POTV...
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Subtitle is more accurate: Physics and Finance - [06 Apr 2010]
This is an autobiography of a theoretical physicist who made the transition to Wall Street financial modeler. The first half describes Derman's life as an aspiring theoretical physicist in academia and industry - and may be interesting to anyone who is...
financial modeler. The first half describes Derman's life as an aspiring theoretical physicist...
www.amazon.com/review/R1OGRRM42...
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Good Book - [31 Mar 2010]
This book was interesting to anyone interested in finance, economics, mathematics, physics or the interesection of these fields. My only complaint is that it began to drag near the end. It is an interesting auto-biography. Its worth reading if you are...
or the interesection of these fields. My only complaint is that it began to drag near the ...
www.amazon.com/review/R2U4N2GXVSQJ...
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Physicists on Wall Street - [26 Feb 2010]
When he was a student, moving from South Africa to Columbia, Emanuel Derman became deeply attracted to particle physics and general relativity, subjects that dealt with the ultimate nature of matter, space and time. A life spent studying these topics ...
attracted to particle physics and general relativity, subjects that dealt with the ultimate...
www.amazon.com/review/R24B183TVCGC...
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Average person living pretty average life - [19 Feb 2010]
No offense to the author, but his career doesn't deserve being in a book. Like most of us, Dr.Derman is an average person living an average life. I do not know what motivated him to write about his life in fine details. To be honest, I bought this book...
Dr.Derman is an average person living an average life. I do not know what motivated him to...
www.amazon.com/review/R35QB1C39...
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A must read for those interested in quantitiatve finance - [02 Sep 2009]
I preferred the later half more than the first half. I wonder if folks on the physics/phd side prefer the front half to the back half. I am glad to see someone speak so candidly about the trials and tribulations of being understood and appreciated as ...
side prefer the front half to the back half. I am glad to see someone speak so candidly about...
www.amazon.com/review/R1465M6U0...
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Financial Odysseus? - [02 Sep 2009]
I am a lumberjack. From the numerical point of view, I find tree representations of moderately complex financial models poor (Finite Elements instead!). But this is not the point of this book. It is the kind of hippocratic oath: I-never-introduce-models...
complex financial models poor (Finite Elements instead!). But this is not the point of...
www.amazon.com/review/R20FM82FTGQE...
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A thorough and reliable inside view - [14 Aug 2009]
Derman is a rare individual -- expert in both theoretical physics and financial engineering. He is also a competent autobiographer. An excellent and entertaining source to the way our financial system "works."
He is also a competent autobiographer. An excellent and entertaining source to the way our...
www.amazon.com/review/R2U7S6HGWRBEJI...
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"What if" Models - [27 Jun 2009]
"The rapid rise of interest rates in the late 1970s after years of stable returns with low volatility had forced fixed-income clients to become the early pioneers of portfolio hedging systems. "As the riskiness of fixed-income securities became manifest...
volatility had forced fixed-income clients to become the early pioneers of portfolio hedging...
www.amazon.com/review/R22BYVDT6...
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