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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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A Disappointment - [12 Jun 2009]
Please allow me to begin by giving insight on what I feel is the affliction affecting this man. It is quite clear that he is a failed physicist and he attempts to make amends throughout the entire reading by creating this illusion of financial brilliance...
man. It is quite clear that he is a failed physicist and he attempts to make amends throughout...
www.amazon.com/review/R3THXADS3...
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everything is fine with this order - [14 Apr 2009]
everything is fine with this order. Greeat book from a great man. I cannot help admire the guy. Thanks
guy. Thanks
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everything is fine with this order - [14 Apr 2009]
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Decent autobiography with a fair amount of "reflections" - [01 Apr 2009]
If you want to know what to expect from this book, just read the complete title in order: this is a story about Mr. Derman's life first, about being a quant second, with some random observations about both physics and finance thrown in. As a story about...
this is a story about Mr. Derman's life first, about being a quant second, with some random...
www.amazon.com/review/R2JM20O8NQ...
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Decent autobiography with a fair amount of "reflections" - [01 Apr 2009]
If you want to know what to expect from this book, just read the complete title in order: this is a story about Mr. Derman's life first, about being a quant second, with some random observations about both physics and finance thrown in. As a story about...
this is a story about Mr. Derman's life first, about being a quant second, with some random...
www.amazon.com/review/R2JM20O8NQ...
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Bill Gates refuted. - [23 Mar 2009]
Bill Gates (the guy with no college degree) looks up from his plate of entrecote, reads the entrails of his buttered artichoke, and yammers about the lack of skilled technical workers in the USA. Immediately,a thousand lazy media hacks echo his claim ...
entrails of his buttered artichoke, and yammers about the lack of skilled technical workers...
www.amazon.com/review/R9OXOBX8MHCA...
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