The Poker Face of Wall Street

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.

Business & Money

Brown, Aaron

Economics

wiley

A World of Chance: Betting on Religion, Games, Wall Street

Although financial markets often try to distance themselves from gambling, the two factors have far more in common than usually thought. When, historically there were no financial institutions such as banks, lotteries constituted the ways by which expensive items were disposed of, and governments raised money quickly. Gambling tables fulfilled roles that venture capital and banking do today. "Gamblers" created clearinghouses and sustained liquidity. When those gamblers bet on price distributions in futures markets, they were redefined as "speculators." Today they are called "hedge fund managers" or "bankers." Though the names have changed, the actions undertaken have essentially stayed the same. This book shows how discussion on "chance," "risk," "gambling," "insurance," and "speculation" illuminates where societies stood, where we are today, and where we may be heading.

Brenner, Reuven

Brenner, Gabrielle A.

Cambridge University Press

Although financial markets often try to distance themselves from gambling, the two factors have far more in common than usually thought. When, historically there were no financial institutions such as banks, lotteries constituted the ways by which expensive items were disposed of, and governments raised money quickly. Gambling tables fulfilled roles that venture capital and banking do today. "Gamblers" created clearinghouses and sustained liquidity. When those gamblers bet on price distributions in futures markets, they were redefined as "speculators." Today they are called "hedge fund managers" or "bankers." Though the names have changed, the actions undertaken have essentially stayed the same. This book shows how discussion on "chance," "risk," "gambling," "insurance," and "speculation" illuminates where societies stood, where we are today, and where we may be heading.

Smokin' and Grillin' with Aaron Brown: More Than 100 Spectacular Recipes for Cooking Outdoors

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Main Courses & Side Dishes

Harvard Common Press

1990 Grammy Award for "Best Recording for Children." 6 original lullabies: Rock-A-Bye (Mallory's Song) * May All Your Dreams Come True * Dreamland Concerto * and more.

The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. One

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

Hal Leonard

From the creators of A Childs Gift of Lullabyes, here is a Grammy-nominated soundtrack for children. With soothing melodies, meaningful lyrics, and beautifully orchestrated arrangements, this collection is sure to give little ones hours of listening pleasure. The one-hour CD includes vocal and instrumental tracks of eight original lullabies, while the lyric book provides words to the songs.

Little Sleepy Eyes: A Collection of Lullabies

Literature & Fiction

Ideals Gift Books

Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance

praise for FISCHER BLACK AND THE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA OF FINANCE 
"The story of Fischer Black. . . . is remarkable both because of the creativity of the man and because of the revolution he brought to Wall Street. . . . Mehrling's book is fascinating." ―FINANCIAL TIMES 
"A fascinating history of things we take for granted in our everyday financial lives." ―THE NEW YORK TIMES 
"Mehrling's book is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of modern finance or the life of an idiosyncratic creative genius." ―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 
"Fischer Black was more than a vital force in the development of finance theory. He was also a character. Perry Mehrling has captured both sides of the picture: the evolution of thinking about the pricing of risk and time, as well as the thinkers, especially this fascinating eccentric, who worked it out." ―ROBERT M. SOWLO, Nobel laureate and Institute Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
"Although I worked closely with Fischer for nine years at Goldman Sachs and clearly recognized both his genius and the breadth and originality of his ideas, until I read this book, I had only the vaguest grasp of the source of his inspiration and no understanding at all of the source of his many idiosyncrasies." ―BOB LITTERMAN, Partner, Kepos Capital 
"Perry Mehrling has done a remarkable job of tracing the intellectual and personal development of one of the most original and complex thinkers of our generation. Fischer Black deserved it: a charming and brilliant book about a charming and brilliant man." ―ROBERT E. LUCAS JR., Nobel laureate and Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago

Mehrling, Perry

History

Run Time: 50.27 minutes Thought leader, industry expert and author, Aaron Brown offers a summary of quant finance as it is today:  Legal and technological changes in the 1970s opened up a virgin environment for quants on Wall Street. We flocked to finance and evolved to fill ecological niches formerly occupied by non-quantitative practitioners. Paul Wilmott, through his website, his magazine and his course, was the first person to link up all the quants in finance around the year 2000. The resulting cross-fertilization and heterosis accelerated the quant revolution.  This video, one of six from the Wiley WILMOTT Summit on Risk and Quantitative Modeling in Finance, held on the 11th December 2012 at Columbia University, New York feature the presentations from thought leaders and industry experts aiming to draw together some of the lessons of the last decade in order to restate the discipline's fundamental role in driving the future success of the global market economy. This is the time to define what quantitative finance really means beyond the fallout of the global financial crisis and to identify the technology and techniques that will power innovation and growth. Videos in this series include: Paul Wilmott - Recent Advances in Stupid Ideas in Quant Finance Kent Osband - Fooled by Rational Turbulence  Aaron Brown - And The Cows That Were Ugly and Gaunt Ate Up The Seven Sleek, Fat Cows Patrick S. Hagan - On Beyond Black: Volatility Surfaces and Dark Noise Edward O. Thorp - What Finance Has Taught Me Chaired by Jack Schwager – Wiley Wilmott Summit Debate, Is Finance the sickness or the cure? Joined by Paul Wilmott, Kent Osband, Aaron Brown and Patrick S. Hagan

And The Cows That Were Ugly and Gaunt Ate Up The Seven Sleek, Fat Cows: How Legal and Technological Changes Opened Up the Financial Industry to Quantitative Financial Practitioners

Take the risk out of financial risk management Written by bestselling author and past winner of the GARP Award's Risk Manager of the Year, Aaron Brown, Financial Risk Management For Dummies offers thorough and accessible guidance on successfully managing and controlling financial risk within your company. Through easy-to-follow instruction, you'll find out how to manage risk, firstly by understanding it, and then by taking control of it. Plus, you'll discover how to measure and value financial risk, set limits, stop losses, control drawdowns and hedge bets. Financial risk management uses financial instruments to manage exposure to risk within firms, large and small―particularly credit risk and market risk. From managing and measuring risk to working in financial institutions and knowing how to communicate risk to your company and clients, Financial Risk Management For Dummies makes it easy to make sense of the management of risk when working in various different financial institutions and concludes by covering the topic of how to communicate risk ― how to report it properly and how to deal with and comply with all of the regulations. <ul>
<li>Covers managing risk and working as a financial risk manager</li> <li>Provides everything you need to know about measuring financial risk</li> <li>Walks you through working in financial institutions</li> <li>Demonstrates how to communicate risk</li> </ul>
If you work in the financial sector and want to make financial risk management your mission, you've come to the right place!

Financial Risk Management For Dummies

Finance

For Dummies

The Oracle: Universal Law of Prosperity Defying All Others

“God pummeled me. My most horrific experience. Also my best.” The Oracle is the enlightenment of a profound principle the author learned during a desperate season of his life. The power to transform a life finally awakened him. Embracing its message on one of his darkest days, he wrote The Oracle to revive hope and inspiration for the prosperity God offers each of us. The Oracle assures prosperity to the soul who observes its message, and a curse to the one who rejects it. Promoting a shift in one’s mind, this universal law prompts wellness, abundance, hope, purpose, and a radically enriched life destiny. Ensuring the transformation of life and soul, The Oracle boasts promises almost too good to be true. Almost.

The Oracle: UNIVERSAL LAW OF PROSPERITY DEFYING ALL OTHERS

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

WestBow Press

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Books by Brown, Aaron

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The Poker Face of Wall Street

A World of Chance: Betting on Religion, Games, Wall Street

A World of Chance: Betting on Religion, Games, Wall Street

Smokin' and Grillin' with Aaron Brown: More Than 100 Spectacular Recipes for Cooking Outdoors

The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. One

Little Sleepy Eyes: A Collection of Lullabies

Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance

And The Cows That Were Ugly and Gaunt Ate Up The Seven Sleek, Fat Cows: How Legal and Technological Changes Opened Up the Financial Industry to Quantitative Financial Practitioners

Financial Risk Management For Dummies

The Oracle: UNIVERSAL LAW OF PROSPERITY DEFYING ALL OTHERS