Customer Review: I bought the book because it is on best selling list, 4 stars and an interesting topic. However, quite a disappoinment. The black swan idea is quite refreshing but it is revealed completed in the first 20 pages. The rest are just repeative garbage. I guess the author needs to make a living too... more info
Customer Review: Many concepts in "Fooled by Randomness" can be mentally applied to many areas and circumstances of our lives. This book has a lot of variety both past and present that can help us in the future in how we *think* about things, our environment, and more importantly, ourselves. This review will take a... more info
Customer Review: Jim Gatheral has done everyone in quant fin a service by gathering and organizing his lectures, practical execution issues, and experience in this welcome volume, The Volatility Surface: A Practitioner's Guide. This is simply an excellent, clear work that defies the logic that good valuable books in... more info
Customer Review: Taleb once again. Although you may require some knowledge on futures and option trading to understand the bottom of the story, it is nice book, light to read and usefull. If you trade on futures and options you should take a look inside, not becuase of the technical content but to have a close look... more info
Customer Review: This book answers some questions which I had been struggling with - for example, how do pollsters in India manage to get away with predicting most elections completely wrong? Why do the pundits on TV have 10 reasons to explain why a market crash happened, after it happened? Why don't they admit that... more info
