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# A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

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Review: A captivating life story of the greatest Quant - The book is a captivating life story of Edward Thorp, arguably the greatest Quant. He was a mathematician and academic to start with, who developed interest in casino games like blackjack and roulette. He mastered the art of card counting and proved that it was possible to beat the casinos at their own game. He was associated with great Claude Shannon, a father of information theory, which led to Information Technology. He used the famous Kelly principle in placing the bets. Ed Thorp got interested in investing after beating the casinos. He mastered the art of hedging by using long/ short positions in the same company's different types of securities. This was essentially a low risk strategy which produced index beating annual returns of 19.1 % compared to 10.2% for S & P 500 over a period of 20 years from 1969 to 1988. The book contains great investment advice from a very successful practitioner. A chapter on Financial Crisis of 2008 is an excellent exposition about what led to financial crisis of 2008 and how the governments, regulators and investors failed to learn lessons from the same. A must read for all serious investors and investment professionals.
Review: There are moments of Gold - Very interesting book for people interested in investing or gambling. Some moments are really gold in book while some can be skipped easily.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #235,845 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #260 in Games & Quizzes (Books) #1,454 in Biographies & Autobiographies (Books) #2,485 in Business & Economics |
| Country of Origin  | India |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,651) |
| Dimensions  | 13.97 x 2.34 x 20.96 cm |
| Generic Name  | Books |
| ISBN-10  | 0812979907 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0812979909 |
| Importer  | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
| Item Weight  | 345 g |
| Language  | English |
| Packer  | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
| Paperback  | 416 pages |
| Publisher  | Random House Trade Paperbacks (17 April 2018); Random House Trade Paperbacks |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A captivating life story of the greatest Quant
*by S***R on 25 October 2018*

The book is a captivating life story of Edward Thorp, arguably the greatest Quant. He was a mathematician and academic to start with, who developed interest in casino games like blackjack and roulette. He mastered the art of card counting and proved that it was possible to beat the casinos at their own game. He was associated with great Claude Shannon, a father of information theory, which led to Information Technology. He used the famous Kelly principle in placing the bets. Ed Thorp got interested in investing after beating the casinos. He mastered the art of hedging by using long/ short positions in the same company's different types of securities. This was essentially a low risk strategy which produced index beating annual returns of 19.1 % compared to 10.2% for S & P 500 over a period of 20 years from 1969 to 1988. The book contains great investment advice from a very successful practitioner. A chapter on Financial Crisis of 2008 is an excellent exposition about what led to financial crisis of 2008 and how the governments, regulators and investors failed to learn lessons from the same. A must read for all serious investors and investment professionals.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ There are moments of Gold
*by P***I on 15 June 2017*

Very interesting book for people interested in investing or gambling. Some moments are really gold in book while some can be skipped easily.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The problem with (auto)biographies
*by B***R on 1 November 2017*

People seem to be disappointed with this book because they expect some unique insights from a genius like Ed Thorp. Here's the catch: if you were psyched about this release, you already knew of Throp's major contributions. This brings me to the problem with rating biographical texts. Biographies, individually read, are rarely that "insightful" (for the lack of a better word); the value of biographies comes from reading lots of them and finding patterns because they provide extensive context. If you want to explore Thorp's work more in detail, you'd be better off reading "Beat the Dealer," "Fortune's Formula," and the "Kelly Capital Growth Investment Criterion." Like any other biography, this one has both exciting and drab bits. The former make a (significantly) larger chunk of the book than the latter. Thorp's writing style is clear; his stories, thrilling.

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