The Poker Face of Wall Street

Aaron Brown

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English

Wiley
27 June 2007

Economics & Business; Investment & securities

"Wall Street is where poker and modern finance?and the theory behind these ""games""?clash head on. In both worlds, real risk means real money is made or lost in a heart beat, and neither camp is always rational with the risk it takes. As a result, business and financial professionals who want to use poker insights to improve their job performance will find this entertaining book a ""must read."" So will poker players searching for an edge in applying the insights of risk-takers on Wall Street."

By: Aaron Brown
Imprint: Wiley
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780470127315
ISBN 10: 0470127317
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 27 June 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword. Preface. Chapter 1. The Art of Uncalculated Risk. Chapter 2. Poker Basics. Chapter 3. Finance Basics. Chapter 4. A Brief History of Risk Denial. Chapter 5. Pokernomics. Chapter 6. Son of a Soft Money Bank. Chapter 7. The Once-Bold Mates of Morgan. Chapter 8. The Games People Play. Chapter 9. Who Got Game. Chapter 10. Utility Belt. Annotated Bibliography. Index.

Aaron Brown is an executive director at the investment bank Morgan Stanley and a serious lifelong poker player who has played with Wall Street tycoons and world champion poker pros. He holds degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard and finance from the University of Chicago. He has been a finance professor and a trader as well as a portfolio manager and risk manager for Prudential Insurance, JPMorgan, Rabobank, and Citigroup.

Reviews for The Poker Face of Wall Street

Named one of BusinessWeek's top 10 paperbacks for summer reading: The Poker Face of Wall Street is a sprawling, idiosyncratic, and sometimes poker-obsessed work filled with nuggets about American history and finance.