The (mis)behaviour of markets : a fractal view of risk, ruin, and reward /: a fractal view of risk, ruin, and reward. ([2010?])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Misbehaviour of markets
• Further Information: Note: Benoit B. Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson.
• Authors: Mandelbrot, Benoit B
• Other Names: Hudson, Richard L
• Contents: Abstract; Acknowledgments; Preface; Prelude: Introducing a Maverick in Science; PART I: The Old Way ; Chapter I Risk, Ruin, and Reward; Chapter II By the Toss of a Coin or theFlight of an Arrow?; Chapter III Bachelier and His Legacy; Chapter IV The House of Modern Finance; Chapter V The Case Against the ModernTheory of Finance; Pictorial Essay: Images of the Abnormal; PART II: The New Way ; Chapter VI Turbulent Markets: A Preview; Chapter VII Studies in Roughness:A Fractal Primer; Pictorial Essay: A Fractal Gallery; Chapter VIII The Mystery of Cotton. Chapter IX Long Memory, from the Nile tothe MarketplaceChapter X Noah, Joseph, and Market Bubbles; Chapter XI The Multifractal Nature ofTrading Time; PART III: The Way Ahead ; Chapter XII Ten Heresies of Finance; Chapter XIII In the Lab; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Edition: [New ed.]
• Publisher Details: London : Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 326 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 332; Capital market; Investment analysis; Stocks -- Prices; Securities; Risk management; Capital market; Investment analysis; Risk management; Securities; Stocks -- Prices; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847651550; 9781847651556
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.