{"product_id":"a-mathematician-plays-the-stock-market-9780465054817","title":"A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Mathematician Plays the Stock Market\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author John Allen Paulos demonstrates what the tools of mathematics can tell us about the vagaries of the stock market. Employing his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles (and even a film treatment), Paulos addresses every thinking reader's curiosity about the market: Is it efficient? Is it rational? Is there anything to technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and other supposedly time-tested methods of picking stocks? How can one quantify risk? What are the most common scams? What light do fractals, network theory, and common psychological foibles shed on investor behavior? Are there any approaches to investing that truly outperform the major indexes? Can a deeper knowledge of mathematics help beat the odds?All of these questions are explored with the engaging erudition that made Paulos's \u003cem\u003eA Mathematician Reads the Newspaper\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eInnumeracy\u003c\/em\u003e favorites with both armchair mathematicians and readers who want to think like them. Paulos also shares the cautionary tale of his own long and disastrous love affair with WorldCom. In the tradition of Burton Malkiel's \u003cem\u003eA Random Walk Down Wall Street\u003c\/em\u003e and Jeremy Siegel's \u003cem\u003eStocks for the Long Run\u003c\/em\u003e, this wry and illuminating book is for anyone, investor or not, who follows the markets-or knows someone who does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-263314\"\u003eJohn Allen Paulos\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.35w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465054817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465054811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS036060\"\u003eInvestments \u0026amp; Securities | Stocks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Allen Paulos\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of mathematics at Temple University. His books include the bestseller \u003ci\u003eInnumeracy, A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIrreligion\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44457088745709,"sku":"9780465054817","price":33.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_63521341-b8dc-4e28-af5e-92384afef600.jpg?v=1700413874","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/a-mathematician-plays-the-stock-market-9780465054817","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}