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A mathematician plays the stock market
By Paulos, John Allen
- ISBN
- 978-0-46505-480-0
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Books, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2003
What at first appears to be a sour grapes account of investing in ill-fated WorldCom stock during 2000-02 is actually a tour of investing with a mathematical twist. As he recounts the decline of his WorldCom investment, Paulos (mathematics, Temple Univ.; Innumeracy) explains the simple mathematical concepts of investing, such as P/E ratios, the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
