The Quants: The Maths Geniuses Who Brought Down Wall Street

Quants - quantitative analysts - were the maths masterminds let loose on Wall Street in the belief that their brilliant, impregnable computer programs would always beat the market. This book charts their rise from obscurity to boom and then to bust, explaining why they were so confident - and how they got it so disastrously wrong.

• | By (Author): Scott Patterson
• | Publisher: Cornerstone
• | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1847940595
• | ISBN-13: 9781847940599