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ISBN
9780735217980
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
073521798X
ISBN-13
9780735217980
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038751390

Product Key Features

Book Title
Man Who Solved the Market : How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Finance / General, Investments & Securities / Analysis & Trading Strategies, Corporate & Business History, Business
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Author
Gregory Zuckerman
Format
Hardcover

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1.2 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in

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Trade
LCCN
2019-024342
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"A gripping biography of investment game changer Jim Simons... readers looking to understand how the economy got where it is should eat this up." - Publishers Weekly "Zuckerman vividly tells the story of how Jim Simons and his team of scientists developed the most successful quantitative trading operation in history. . . . Immensely enjoyable." --Edward O. Thorp, author of A Man for All Markets "An extremely well-written and engaging book . . . a must read, and a fun one at that." --Mohamed A. El-Erian, author of The Only Game in Town "Leave it to the Wall Street Journal's Greg Zuckerman to lay open the golden mysteries of quantitative investing. With this fine, humane, and eye-opening book, he's well and truly broken the code." --James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, "A gripping biography of investment game changer Jim Simons... readers looking to understand how the economy got where it is should eat this up." -- Publishers Weekly "So compelling, filled with so many fascinating characters and new information... The book reads more like a delicious page-turning novel than the usual finance tome. Destined to become an instant classic...my nominee for financial book of the year." --Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg "Gregory Zuckerman lifts the lid on the most fascinating man in financial markets...superb reporting." --Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times "Worthwhile reading for budding plutocrats and numerate investors alike." -- Kirkus "Zuckerman vividly tells the story of how Jim Simons and his team of scientists developed the most successful quantitative trading operation in history. . . . Immensely enjoyable." --Edward O. Thorp, author of A Man for All Markets "An extremely well-written and engaging book . . . a must read, and a fun one at that." --Mohamed A. El-Erian, author of The Only Game in Town "Leave it to the Wall Street Journal's Greg Zuckerman to lay open the golden mysteries of quantitative investing. With this fine, humane, and eye-opening book, he's well and truly broken the code." --James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer "The fascinating, page-turning tale of a complicated man and the movement he started, rendered in accessible prose and full of bravura storytelling." --Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success, "A gripping biography of investment game changer Jim Simons... readers looking to understand how the economy got where it is should eat this up." -- Publishers Weekly "So compelling, filled with so many fascinating characters and new information... The book reads more like a delicious page-turning novel than the usual finance tome. Destined to become an instant classic...my nominee for financial book of the year." --Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg "Gregory Zuckerman lifts the lid on the most fascinating man in financial markets...superb reporting." --Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times "Zuckerman brings the reader so close to the firm's inner workings that you can almost catch a whiff of the billionaire's Merit cigarette." --Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg "Worthwhile reading for budding plutocrats and numerate investors alike." -- Kirkus "Zuckerman vividly tells the story of how Jim Simons and his team of scientists developed the most successful quantitative trading operation in history. . . . Immensely enjoyable." --Edward O. Thorp, author of A Man for All Markets "An extremely well-written and engaging book . . . a must read, and a fun one at that." --Mohamed A. El-Erian, author of The Only Game in Town "Leave it to the Wall Street Journal's Greg Zuckerman to lay open the golden mysteries of quantitative investing. With this fine, humane, and eye-opening book, he's well and truly broken the code." --James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer "The fascinating, page-turning tale of a complicated man and the movement he started, rendered in accessible prose and full of bravura storytelling." --Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
332.6092
Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Financial Times /McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm-and made $23 billion doing it. The greatest money maker in modern financial history, no other investor-Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros-has touched Jim Simons' record. Since 1988, Renaissance's signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm has earned profits of more than $100 billion, and upon his passing, Simons left a legacy of investors who use his mathematical, computer-oriented approach to trading and building wealth. Drawing on unprecedented access to Simons and dozens of current and former employees, Zuckerman, a veteran Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, tells the gripping story of how a world-class mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market. Simons pioneered a data-driven, algorithmic approach that's swept the world. As Renaissance became a market force, its executives began influencing the world beyond finance. Simons became a major figure in scientific research, education, and liberal politics. Senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency, placing Steve Bannon in the campaign and funding Trump's victorious 2016 effort. Mercer also impacted the campaign behind Brexit. The Man Who Solved the Market is a portrait of a modern-day Midas who remade markets in his own image, but failed to anticipate how his success would impact his firm and his country. It's also a story of what Simons's revolution will mean for the rest of us long after his death in 2024., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers , answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it? Shortlisted for the Financial Times /McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Jim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. No other investor--Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros--can touch his record. Since 1988, Renaissance's signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm has earned profits of more than $100 billion; Simons is worth twenty-three billion dollars. Drawing on unprecedented access to Simons and dozens of current and former employees, Zuckerman, a veteran Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, tells the gripping story of how a world-class mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market. Simons pioneered a data-driven, algorithmic approach that's sweeping the world. As Renaissance became a market force, its executives began influencing the world beyond finance. Simons became a major figure in scientific research, education, and liberal politics. Senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency, placing Steve Bannon in the campaign and funding Trump's victorious 2016 effort. Mercer also impacted the campaign behind Brexit. The Man Who Solved the Market is a portrait of a modern-day Midas who remade markets in his own image, but failed to anticipate how his success would impact his firm and his country. It's also a story of what Simons's revolution means for the rest of us.
LC Classification Number
HC102.5.A38S56 2019

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  • by jdladvisor
    06 Feb, 2024

    The story of high frequency trading and algorithms...biggest impact on financial markets today that few talk about.

    This book outlines the history and growth of algorithms on high frequency trading in the financial markets put forth by Simons from the 1970s onward. Today, many believe that over 40% of the daily stock market volume is computer algorithmic trading. Simons took a scientific approach to understanding price movements. Dozens of firms managing tens of billions, hundreds of billions collectively, utilize algorithms and statistical arbitrage to make money in the markets. Fascinating read!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thriftcamp757

  • by im215exempt_3
    15 Dec, 2023

    Zuckerman’s book is “meh.”

    Zuckerman writes about Simon’s phenomenal success at Renaissance Technologies, but you will learn NOTHING about his firm’s algorithm that has made them the most successful fund in history. I learned a bit about their formula from an interview with Charlie Munger, who just passed away at 99, but learned very little in this book. Don’t expect to make any discoveries except for useless Markov Chain theory.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: goodwillbks

  • by esada-13
    27 Aug, 2024

    Useful book

    I got this book very useful

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: newlegacybooks

  • by kghosh10
    23 May, 2024

    Good book

    Good book

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by r-3676
    22 Dec, 2022

    same

    good book!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: alibrisbooks

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