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| Author | : Michael Goodkin |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2012-01-18 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1118238575 |
The fascinating story behind the machines that trade trillions of dollars every day “A Bildungsroman, one jacket blurb calls this book—and sure, it’s a traditional coming-of-age tale. But the story itself is anything but conventional. The pleasures of the book lie in the story of their bumpy path to success.” Canadian Business In 1968, Michael Goodkin is about to graduate from Columbia University. While his classmates interview for jobs, he daydreams of seeing the world as a man of independent means. Noticing that there are no computers on Wall Street and drawing on his experiences as a failed teenage investor and successful gambler, he has an epiphany: since no one knows the right price for anything, the only way to beat the market is to make a computer that comes up with the wrong answer faster than the professionals. And thus begins a journey that takes this provincial Midwesterner from nearly broke to opulent Park Avenue. The Wrong Answer Faster is the story of unintended consequences: how a technique originally created to minimize market risk spiraled into a multi-trillion dollar game with unparalleled risks. Having founded and sold a firm that changed the world, Goodkin left New York to travel and play backgammon—only to return to found another groundbreaking firm, Numerix, a software company that substituted computational physics for econometrics to better manage derivative risk. The story of the computerization of Wall Street by the man at the helm Packed with keen insights, based almost entirely on poker, backgammon and game theory Goodkin's unique insight to the markets is that everyone has the wrong answers The solution is not to try to beat the market but to come up with the wrong answers faster The epic tale of the untold story how one man with a great idea decided not to play the market but to revolutionize the financial world for generations to come by creating the most ground breaking tool for market players since the ticker tape.
| Author | : Robert Bryce |
| Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
| Total Pages | : 401 |
| Release | : 2014-05-13 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 161039206X |
In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection. Utilizing on-the-ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass-produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce demonstrates how cutting-edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which people are living longer, freer, healthier, lives than at any time in human history. The push toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is happening across multiple sectors. Bryce profiles innovative individuals and companies, from long-established ones like Ford and Intel to upstarts like Aquion Energy and Khan Academy. And he zeroes in on the energy industry, proving that the future belongs to the high power density sources that can provide the enormous quantities of energy the world demands. The tools we need to save the planet aren't to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. This is the time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper.
| Author | : Barbara V. Swovelin |
| Publisher | : Cliffs Notes |
| Total Pages | : 323 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1328465837 |
"Your complete guide to a higher score on the AP English Language and Composition Exam" --
| Author | : MrExcel's Holy Macro! Books |
| Publisher | : Packt Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 611 |
| Release | : 2024-09-26 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 1836648189 |
Master Excel 2019 and Office 365 with MrExcel's expert tips, updated for the latest features. Learn real-world strategies to solve problems and improve productivity. Key Features Updated version for Excel 2019 & Office 365 Enhanced course with reader suggestions A combination of alternate strategies and common pitfalls Book DescriptionExcel 2019 is more than just a spreadsheet tool; it's a powerful platform for solving complex data challenges. In this guide, MrExcel takes you through the essentials of Excel 2019, incorporating the latest features from Office 365. You'll start by mastering the Excel interface before moving on to advanced calculation techniques that streamline your workflow. The guide emphasizes data wrangling, teaching you how to transform raw data into meaningful insights with ease. Beyond calculations, you'll learn to create visually appealing spreadsheets that communicate your data effectively. MrExcel's approach combines problem-solving strategies with real-world scenarios, ensuring you gain practical skills that apply directly to your work. Reader-sourced tips and solutions to common user pitfalls are integrated throughout the guide, offering a personalized learning experience. By the end of this book, you'll have a solid understanding of Excel 2019's capabilities, enabling you to work faster, make informed decisions, and present your data professionally. Whether you're looking to enhance your existing skills or learn new techniques, MrExcel's expert guidance will help you master Excel and elevate your data analysis game.What you will learn Solve Excel problems efficiently Apply new Excel 2019 features Master Office 365 updates Improve spreadsheet aesthetics Streamline data wrangling Employ faster formula techniques Who this book is for The ideal audience includes Excel users from beginners to advanced professionals looking to improve their efficiency in Excel 2019 and Office 365. A basic understanding of Excel is recommended to get the most out of this book.
| Author | : Bill Jelen |
| Publisher | : Tickling Keys, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 732 |
| Release | : 2016-10-01 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 1615473556 |
Updating the previous edition's tips to include features in Excel 2016, this new edition of MrExcel's popular software guide even incorporates suggestions sent in by readers. Each featured topic has a problem statement and description, followed by a broad strategy for solving the problem. MrExcel then walks readers through the specific steps to solve the issue. Alternate strategies are also provided, along with common scenarios that trip users up, leaving readers with not only answers to their specific dilemmas but also new and quicker ways to use formulas and spreadsheets.
| Author | : Becca Syme |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022-06-28 |
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| ISBN | : 9780997970692 |
| Author | : Paul Bambrick-Santoyo |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 496 |
| Release | : 2016-06-30 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1119279003 |
“Make sure your students follow your instructions.” That sounds like a straightforward instruction, but in fact, it’s fairly abstract. What does a teacher actually have to do to make sure students are following? Even the leader delivering this direction may not know, and the first-year teacher almost certainly doesn’t. The vast majority of teachers are only observed one or two times per year on average—and even among those who are observed, scarcely any are given feedback as to how they could improve. The bottom line is clear: teachers do not need to be evaluated so much as they need to be developed and coached. In Get Better Faster: A 90-Day Plan for Coaching New Teachers, Paul Bambrick-Santoyo shares instructive tools of how school leaders can effectively guide new teachers to success. Over the course of the book, we break down the most critical actions leaders and teachers must enact to achieve exemplary results. Designed for coaches as well as beginning teachers, Get Better Faster is an integral coaching tool for any school leader eager to help their teachers succeed. It’s the book’s focus on the actionable—the practice-able—that drives effective coaching. By practicing the concrete actions and micro-skills listed here, teachers will markedly improve their ability to lead a class, producing a steady chain reaction of future teaching success. Though focused heavily on the first 90 days of teacher development, it’s possible to implement this work at any time. New and old teachers alike can benefit from the guidance of Get Better Faster and close their existing instructional gaps. Packed with practical training tools, including agendas, presentation slides, a coach’s guide, handouts, planning templates, and 35 video clips of real teachers at work, Get Better Faster will teach you: The core principles of coaching: Go Granular, Make Feedback More Frequent, Top action steps to launch a teacher’s development in an easy-to-read scope and sequence guide The four phases of skill building: Phase 1 (Pre-Teaching): Dress Rehearsal Phase 2: Instant Immersion Phase 3: Getting into Gear Phase 4: The Power of Discourse
| Author | : Daniel Kahneman |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Total Pages | : 511 |
| Release | : 2011-10-25 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1429969350 |
*Major New York Times Bestseller *More than 2.6 million copies sold *One of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year *Selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best nonfiction books of the year *Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient *Daniel Kahneman's work with Amos Tversky is the subject of Michael Lewis's best-selling The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Topping bestseller lists for almost ten years, Thinking, Fast and Slow is a contemporary classic, an essential book that has changed the lives of millions of readers.
| Author | : Robert Colvile |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 401 |
| Release | : 2016-05-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1632864576 |
The Great Acceleration is an energizing account from a brilliant new writer of how our society is speeding up--and why we should embrace it. In this revelatory study of modern living, Robert Colvile inspects the various ways in which the pace of life in our society is increasing and examines the evolutionary science behind our rapidly accelerating need for change, as well as why it's unlikely we'll be able to slow down . . . or even want to. Exploring theories surrounding the effect of this speed on our minds and bodies, Colvile reveals how, contrary to gloomier predictions, living in a faster age might be beneficial for us, both physically and mentally. In addition to the universe of social media, he examines the opportunities that faster communication and operation could bring to everything from music, film, and books to transportation, politics, and government. Comparing developments in cities and villages, advanced economies and underdeveloped countries, East and West, The Great Acceleration explains how the positives outnumber the negatives and, if this acceleration is truly inevitable, why we should rush to embrace it.
| Author | : Prepped Get Prepped |
| Publisher | : Get Prepped! |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2005-07 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9780974853352 |
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