Chaos kings : how Wall Street traders make billions in the new age of crisis
Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar traders and high-stakes crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls
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- ISBN: 9781982179939
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viii, 322 pages ; 24 cm - Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2023.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Chaos Kings : How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
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Chaos Kings : How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue: Hell Is Coming | 1 | |
| Part I | Swans & Dragons | 9 |
| Chapter 1 | Boom! | 11 |
| Chapter 2 | Ruin Problems | 17 |
| Chapter 3 | Worse Lies Ahead | 29 |
| Chapter 4 | The Sizzler | 39 |
| Chapter 5 | The World According to Nassim Taleb | 51 |
| Chapter 6 | The Turkey Problem | 63 |
| Chapter 7 | Dragon Hunter | 83 |
| Chapter 8 | That Way Lies Madness | 93 |
| Chapter 9 | A Very Dark Tunnel | 109 |
| Part II | Fat-Tail City | 117 |
| Chapter 10 | Dreams & Nightmares | 119 |
| Chapter 11 | Flash Crash | 127 |
| Chapter 12 | The Disorder Cluster | 139 |
| Chapter 13 | Volmageddon | 151 |
| Chapter 14 | This Is the World We Live in | 161 |
| Chapter 15 | Lottery Tickets | 171 |
| Part III | The Wicked Problem | 181 |
| Chapter 16 | This Civilization Is Finished | 183 |
| Chapter 17 | Transition to Extinction | 199 |
| Chapter 18 | Ruin Is Forever | 209 |
| Chapter 19 | It's Way Past Time | 221 |
| Chapter 20 | The Gamble | 235 |
| Chapter 21 | The Tipping Point and Beyond | 243 |
| Chapter 22 | Flying Blind | 255 |
| Chapter 23 | The Great Dilemma of Risk | 269 |
| Chapter 24 | Doorstep to Doom | 279 |
| Acknowledgments | 295 | |
| Notes | 297 | |
| Index | 311 |
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