The unprecedented importance of finance in our societies, as well as its central role in provoking economic crises, has generated an enormous interest in understanding the historical origins and evolution of modern financial systems. Today the U.S. economy is seen as an archetyp…
Financial collapses - whether of the junk bond market, the Internet bubble, or the highly leveraged housing market - are often explained as the inevitable results of market cycles: What goes up must come down. In "Liquidated", Karen Ho punctures the aura of the abstract, all-pow…
How top traders made huge profits during the most momentous market events of the past century Financial and commodity markets are characterized by periodic crashes and upside explosions. In retrospect, the reasons behind these abrupt movements often seem very clear, but generall…
This text aims to help investors crack the investing market. It offers a fundemental change in the way professional managers and individual investors select stock. Topics covered include: valuation of stocks; analyzing competitive strategy; the economic landscape; and mergers an…
This is a treatment of the effects of increased transparency on financial markets: an important and highly controversial issue for both traders and regulators. Focusing on three main themes - market transparency, the consolidation-fragmentation of trading systems and the scope o…
The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and…
