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A timely, readable account of the rise and fall of financial WMD - [11 Sep 2009]
www.amazon.com/review/R2F1CBACF...
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Capital markets is a matter of Perception - [08 Aug 2009]
This is a book I read start to finish, non-stop on my trans-atlantic flight. The pace of the book and the revelation of the creation and use of credit-derivatives is historically laid out, with the right amount of technical detail. The references are ...
book and the revelation of the creation and use of credit-derivatives is historically laid...
www.amazon.com/review/RGGTJ9G4KWID...
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A little more geared to people who deal with banking - [05 Aug 2009]
This book is enlightening and interesting however much of it is very hard to follow because of how convoluted and confusing this banking system has gotten. In my opinion this book is well written and she obviously knows the subject matter well but wouldn...
of how convoluted and confusing this banking system has gotten. In my opinion this book is...
www.amazon.com/review/R3PTHPTVJVIPYS...
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Smashing financial journalism - [03 Aug 2009]
This ranks as one of the most thorough, accessible explanations of how the global financial system nearly disintegrated during the great financial crisis that broke in 2008. Gillian Tett traces the development of credit derivatives from their inception...
system nearly disintegrated during the great financial crisis that broke in 2008. Gillian...
www.amazon.com/review/RVV31V5CYTVLM...
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The Credit Derivative McGuffin - [31 Jul 2009]
On the first page, Fool's Gold tells us, "as with most intellectual breakthroughs, the exact origin of the concept of credit derivatives is hard to pinpoint." It does not proceed to tell us that in 1970, Fischer Black wrote "Thus a long-term corporate...
origin of the concept of credit derivatives is hard to pinpoint." It does not proceed to...
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