The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It (53 page)

Copyright © 2010 by Scott Patterson

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Patterson, Scott, 1969–
  The quants : how a new breed of math whizzes conquered Wall Street and nearly destroyed it / Scott Patterson.
        p. cm.
  1. Quantitative analysts–United States. 2. Investment advisors–United States. 3. Stockbrokers–United States. 4. Investments–Mathematical models–History. 5. Finance–United States. I. Title.
  HG4928.5.P38 2009
  332.64092’273–dc22                    2009028511

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