Good Introductory Quant Books and Misc. Finance Books
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Traders, Guns & Money
by Satyajit Das
Liar's Pokerwith more lies and more insight, Traders, Guns & Moneyis a sensational insider's view of the business of trading and marketing derivatives for a living. It reveals the nature of the business, the players and how the real money is made and lost. An accessible companion, a wise counsel and a great read. A sensational and controversial first-person account of the business of derivatives trading and the financial products industry. Offers a true insider's view. Funny and poignant, written in a wry and wickedly comic style. Reveals how shareholders, clients, regulators, and the tax paying ordinary public bear most of the risk in the trading rooms. Reveals the story of how one set of clients discovered the perils of unknowns in a derivatives deal. Traders, Guns & Money cleverly weaves together: the dazzling world of derivatives and how to work out what you know, don't know and need to know; an insider's, expert witness account of the rise and rules of the world of derivatives and the astonishing story of how one set of clients discovered the perils of unknowns in a derivatives deal. Benchmark: Liar's Poker 0340767006.Das now offers more lies and is set in today's derivatives market, and Traders Gun's and Moneyis written not by a journalist but by a world-famous insider.