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The Adventures Of A Modern Renaissance Academic In Investing And Gambling
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ISBN-13: | 9789813148284 |
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Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 09/01/2017 |
Series: | World Scientific Series In Finance , #12 |
Pages: | 484 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d) |
Table of Contents
Review Quotes v
Acknowledgments ix
About the Author xv
1 Beginning 1
2 The Early Days in Adams and at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst 7
3 Reminiscences of the Early Days in Berkeley 15
4 The Start of a New Department in Vancouver 21
5 Travels on a Flying Carpet 29
6 The Canadian Sports Pool and a New Name, Dr Z, 1982 61
7 Fortune's Formula: How the Pros Wager 69
8 The Invention of the Place and Show Betting System 83
9 The Turn-of-the-Year 1982/1983 95
10 Testing the Dr Z System with Ed Thorp 101
11 The 2 Minute Sprint 123
12 Susquehanna 129
13 What is Japan Doing Right to Get All that Money? Will they Lose It? 133
14 The Bond-Stock Earnings Yield Crash Prediction Model 147
15 Arbitrage and Risk Arbitrage 159
16 Bill Benter Letter 165
17 Scenario Optimization in Action - The Russell-Yasuda Kasai Financial Planning Model 171
18 Anomalies Research at Prank Russell, 1989-1998 179
19 Risk Management and Planning in the Vienna Siemens Pension Model, InnoALM 195
20 Evaluating the Greatest Investors 201
21 How to Lose Money in Derivatives and Some Who Did 211
22 Trend Following in the Bahamas 261
23 The Internet Bubble Crash, 2000-2002 267
24 The US Housing Bubble, Credit Crisis, Crash and Recovery 2006 to 2015 271
25 The Flash Crash and High Frequency Trading 275
26 The Greek Crisis and Why It is Important 283
27 Inefficiencies and Anomalies: Other Crashes and How They Fit the Models 297
28 Dealing with Madoff and Other Swindlers 315
29 An Adventure in the Bed and Breakfast Business, British Columbia Real Estate over the Years 321
30 Two Tries in the Horse Ownership Business 327
31 Travels to Universities and Academic and Professional Conferences over the Years 385
Epilog 435
Bibliography 443
Index 455