The Poker Face of Wall Street
Aaron Brown
(Author)
Description
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.Product Details
Price
$22.95
Publisher
Wiley
Publish Date
July 01, 2007
Pages
368
Dimensions
5.79 X 8.48 X 1.04 inches | 0.01 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780470127315
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About the Author
Aaron Brown is an executive director at the investment bank Morgan Stanley and a serious lifelong poker player who has played with Wall Street tycoons and world champion poker pros. He holds degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard and finance from the University of Chicago. He has been a finance professor and a trader as well as a portfolio manager and risk manager for Prudential Insurance, JPMorgan, Rabobank, and Citigroup.
Reviews
Named one of BusinessWeek's top 10 paperbacks for summer reading: "The Poker Face of Wall Street is a sprawling, idiosyncratic, and sometimes poker-obsessed work filled with nuggets about American history and finance."