
A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
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Edward O. Thorp
The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.
A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card counting, proving the seemingly impossible: that you could beat the dealer at the blackjack table. As a result he launched a gambling renaissance. His remarkable success - and mathematically unassailable method - caused such an uproar that casinos altered the rules of the game to thwart him and the legions he inspired. They barred him from their premises, even put his life in jeopardy. Nonetheless, gambling was forever changed.
Thereafter, Thorp shifted his sights to "the biggest casino in the world": Wall Street. Devising and then deploying mathematical formulas to beat the market, Thorp ushered in the era of quantitative finance we live in today. Along the way, the so-called godfather of the quants played bridge with Warren Buffett, crossed swords with a young Rudy Giuliani, detected the Bernie Madoff scheme, and, to beat the game of roulette, invented, with Claude Shannon, the world's first wearable computer.
Here, for the first time, Thorp tells the story of what he did, how he did it, his passions and motivations, and the curiosity that has always driven him to disregard conventional wisdom and devise game-changing solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. An intellectual thrill ride, replete with practical wisdom that can guide us all in uncertain financial waters, A Man for All Markets is an instant classic - a book that challenges its readers to think logically about a seemingly irrational world.
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©2017 Edward O. Thorp (P)2017 Random House AudioCritic reviews
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What made the experience of listening to A Man for All Markets the most enjoyable?
Personally I enjoyed the story because I relate to the author and his views on how to live a fulfilling life. From his youth he has been educating himself in science and math, improving himself, understanding how the world works. This man did not limit himself to one ambition or one career or one goal. He learned how science explains the physical world around us, how mathematical patters can predict all kinds of scenarios that seem random to most of us. I added Edward Thorp to my list of successful, rich geeks like Howard Hughes, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates. His story is an inspiration.What did you like best about this story?
The author's intelligent approach to success.Have you listened to any of Edward O. Thorp’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
After listening to this book I wanted to learn more about this genius that I never heard of before. I listed to some of his interviews.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
The fist half yes, I wanted to keep listening and enjoyed every bit of it. The second part dealing with finance takes more time to digest some times so it's better to pause otherwise a lot of good information just blends and mixes together and gets forgotten.Any additional comments?
This book makes you want to be smart and successful. Even though the author is a born genius, he provides a lesson that education and ambition go hand in hand on the road to success. You have to improve yourself in order to get what you want in life.A life of a genius
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Although he's a "science" oriented thinker, his Warren Buffet hero worship is a little ridiculous. He tells the usual and mostly accurate 2008 crisis etiology. He criticizes those who caused the crisis and received direct government bailout money. But he conveniently omits Warren Buffet's role with AIG which received the largest bailout of them all. If AIG hadn't received the TBTF money, Buffet's current reputation as a wise/prudent investor wouldn't be as described in this book.
Other than that, it's a good read.
Many sound lessons
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Loved it
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Thorpe's thoughts
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inspirational story of a great man
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Great story narrated by the great man himself
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Must Read For Traders
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This guy was amazing
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Excellent Work on Multiple Levels
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Right way to live
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