Book description
Explore the deadly elegance of finance's hidden powerhouseThe Money Formula takes you inside the engine room of the global economy to explore the little-understood world of quantitative finance, and show how the future of our economy rests on the backs of this all-but-impenetrable industry. Written not from a post-crisis perspective – but from a preventative point of view – this book traces the development of financial derivatives from bonds to credit default swaps, and shows how mathematical formulas went beyond pricing to expand their use to the point where they dwarfed the real economy. You'll learn how the deadly allure of their ice-cold beauty has misled generations of economists and investors, and how continued reliance on these formulas can either assist future economic development, or send the global economy into the financial equivalent of a cardiac arrest.
Rather than rehash tales of post-crisis fallout, this book focuses on preventing the next one. By exploring the heart of the shadow economy, you'll be better prepared to ride the rough waves of finance into the turbulent future.
- Delve into one of the world's least-understood but highest-impact industries
- Understand the key principles of quantitative finance and the evolution of the field
- Learn what quantitative finance has become, and how it affects us all
- Discover how the industry's next steps dictate the economy's future
How do you create a quadrillion dollars out of nothing, blow it away and leave a hole so large that even years of "quantitative easing" can't fill it – and then go back to doing the same thing? Even amidst global recovery, the financial system still has the potential to seize up at any moment. The Money Formula explores the how and why of financial disaster, what must happen to prevent the next one.
Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Early Models
- Chapter 2 Going Random
- Chapter 3 Risk Management
- Chapter 4 Market Makers
- Chapter 5 Deriving Derivatives
- Chapter 6 What Quants Do
- Chapter 7 The Rewrite
- Chapter 8 No Laws, Only Toys
- Chapter 9 How to Abuse the System
- Chapter 10 Systemic Threat
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Epilogue: Keep it Simple
- Quants: The Math Sweet Spot
- Regulators: Go Full Iceland
- Economists: Wake Up
- Banks: Learn to Fail
- Traders: Why Does My Bonus Have a Minus Sign in Front?
- Journalists: Watch Out for Saboteurs
- Educators: Quantity and Quality
- Politicians: Create an FAA for the Financial System
- I Solemnly Swear…
- The Nuclear Option
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- EULA
Product information
- Title: The Money Formula
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2017
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781119358619
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