Full name: Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street

Author: Peter L. Bernstein Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Economics, Fiction, Business, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780471731740 0471731749

Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management. Bernstein brings to life a variety of brilliant academics who have contributed to modern investment theory over the years: Louis Bachelier, Harry Markowitz, William Sharpe, Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, Robert Merton, Franco Modigliani, and Merton Miller. Filled with in-depth insights and timeless advice, Capital Ideas reveals how the unique contributions of these talented individuals profoundly changed the practice of investment management as we know it today. Similar books: When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros The Quants by Scott Patterson Devil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor Inventing Money by Nicholas Dunbar House of Cards by William D. Cohan Fiasco by Frank Partnoy The Sellout by Charles Gasparino More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby Lombard Street by Walter Bagehot The End of Wall Street by Roger Lowenstein Bailout Nation by Barry Ritholtz The Predictors by Thomas A. Bass The Greatest Trade Ever by Gregory Zuckerman Understanding Wall Street by Jeffrey B. Little The Origin of Wealth by Eric D. Beinhocker The Mystery of Banking by Murray N. Rothbard The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics by Richard C. Koo Other People's Money by John Kay Exorbitant Privilege by Barry Eichengreen