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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Zuckerman, Gregory. Man who solved the market. [New York, New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, ©2019 (OCoLC)1115009015 |
Named Person: | Jim Simons |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gregory Zuckerman |
ISBN: | 9780735217997 0735217998 |
OCLC Number: | 1126569133 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 359 pages) |
Contents: | Money isn't everything -- Money changes everything. |
Responsibility: | Gregory Zuckerman. |
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A compelling read * the Economist * One of Inc.com's Top 20 Business and Leadership Books of the Year 2019 * Inc.com * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * Worthwhile reading for budding plutocrats and numerate investors alike * Kirkus * 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 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 * Gregory Zuckerman lifts the lid on the most fascinating man in financial markets...superb reporting * Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times * Tells a surprisingly captivating story. It turns out that a firm like Renaissance, filled with nerdy academics trying to solve the market's secrets, is way more interesting than your typical greed-is-good hedge fund * Joe Nocera, New York Times * A terrific book, a terrific read... I recommend it highly... It's a hell of a story * Lou Dobbs, Tonight, Fox News * So compelling, filled with so many fascinating characters and new information... The book reads more like a delicious page-turning novel... Destined to become an instant classic...my nominee for financial book of the year * Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg * Read more...


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