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The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.
A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card counting, proving the seemingly impossible: that you could beat the dealer at the blackjack table. As a result he launched a gambling renaissance. His remarkable success—and mathematically unassailable method—caused such an uproar that casinos altered the rules of the game to thwart him and the legions he inspired. They barred him from their premises, even put his life in jeopardy. Nonetheless, gambling was forever changed.
Thereafter, Thorp shifted his sights to “the biggest casino in the world”: Wall Street. Devising and then deploying mathematical formulas to beat the market, Thorp ushered in the era of quantitative finance we live in today. Along the way, the so-called godfather of the quants played bridge with Warren Buffett, crossed swords with a young Rudy Giuliani, detected the Bernie Madoff scheme, and, to beat the game of roulette, invented, with Claude Shannon, the world’s first wearable computer.
Here, for the first time, Thorp tells the story of what he did, how he did it, his passions and motivations, and the curiosity that has always driven him to disregard conventional wisdom and devise game-changing solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. An intellectual thrill ride, replete with practical wisdom that can guide us all in uncertain financial waters, A Man for All Markets is an instant classic—a book that challenges its readers to think logically about a seemingly irrational world.
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評分##好看，如果把最後幾章他所謂的人生感悟砍掉可以再加半顆星
評分##自傳。索普早年跟香農和凱利同在貝爾實驗室，但他特彆想掙錢，動瞭很多腦筋。他是最早跑到賭場去算21點的那批人之一，大勝，後來寫瞭本書《戰勝莊傢》；後來發現可轉債錯價，就是可轉債隱含期權價格與對應股票價格之間的錯配，於是成立對衝基金搞這個，又賺瞭很多錢，是最早的對衝基金管理人，然後又寫瞭本書《戰勝市場》。雖然後來捲入醜聞公司關瞭，總的來說是人生大贏傢，腦袋好使，錢袋很鼓。 在新書自序中，索普說，自己基本靠自學，所以想得跟人不同。 第一，不盲從常識，比如說不能戰勝賭場。我得自己試試。 第二，我習慣將純粹思想變成盈利工具。 第三，設定目標，製定可行計劃，堅持到底。 第四，努力做到一貫理性，不是說在某個專業領域裏而已，而是在與世界打交道的所有方麵。 第五，在基於證據作齣決策之前，保留判斷。
評分##前麵的個人傳記有趣，後麵關於investment的部分還挺基礎的，不過我希望什麼都不知道的時候看過會好點。有一部分關於EMH講得還不錯，20章之後大概是在湊字數？Audible聽完的，可能漏瞭一些細節。
評分##誠意不足的自傳，讀者目的是學習瞭解其投資技術的話，還不如去看William Poundstone的《Fortune's Formula》
評分##不管是誰的傳記都不值得讀，個人的成功與失敗，或命運，你說有沒有指導意義，當然從任何事件都可以總結齣某些智慧，但這一點不代錶我們應該去關注各個事例。
評分##前麵的個人傳記有趣，後麵關於investment的部分還挺基礎的，不過我希望什麼都不知道的時候看過會好點。有一部分關於EMH講得還不錯，20章之後大概是在湊字數？Audible聽完的，可能漏瞭一些細節。
評分##【2017讀書計劃•貳拾捌】巨贊，是我欣賞的偶像啊！！強烈推薦大傢讀，比黑客和畫傢還棒！
評分##所以BS model應該叫Thorp Model???
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