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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

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Praise for A Man for All Markets "In A Man for All Markets , [Thorp] delightfully recounts his progress (if that is the word) from college teacher to gambler to hedge-fund manager. He got into UCLA and graduated with a degree in physics and then went on to grad school to study mathematics.

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Thorp talks about some hedge fund that had simulated the effect of previous crashes (1987, 1999, etc) on their portfolio. Discovering those patterns is the rub, and Thorp’s abilities outshine those of most mortals, which would seem to be true of his power to read a futures contract and a balance sheet. I enjoyed the vivid pictures it created in my mind and the fantastical notions that spurred me to imagine for myself further wonders that might be.The book gives a good detail of his life, but focuses mostly on his mathematical, gambling, and investment adventures and work. Thorp bragging about how great of a child he was and ends with him explaining basic financial topics and stating his views on the current behavior on Wall Street. One day our teacher gave us all blank paper and told us to draw a copy of an outline of a horse from a picture she had given us. Thorp also discovered Madoff's Ponzi scheme 18 years before it collapsed—of course he did nothing about it. He completed a year and a half before he had to leave for lack of funds, but his hunger and respect for education endured and he instilled them in me, along with his unspoken hope that I would achieve more.

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Thorp of course declaims any knowledge of their crimes, as if this makes absolves him of any responsibility.He is also the author of A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market.

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Thorpe dives into any number of related topics including his own tale of spotting the Madoff fraud 20 years before it came to light.Now Thorp shares his incredible life story for the first time, revealing how he made his money and giving advice to the next generation of investors. Ed Thorpe is one of the great minds in the history of the trading business and one of the Top 5 trading legends I have been hoping to see a biography come out on. As a physicist and mathematician, he tackled the questions of roulette wheels and blackjack games in a scientific way and found that it was possible to beat the house. Unfortunately my project totally blocked the rear door—and that was the one the teacher chose when she attempted to reenter the classroom.

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