Reading the Markets

Insights from Financial Literature

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Scheinkman, Speculation, Trading, and Bubbles

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To pay tribute to one of its most famous graduates, Kenneth J. Arrow, Columbia University launched an annual lecture series dealing with top...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Gogerty, The Nature of Value

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Nick Gogerty sets his book within a by now familiar framework, thanks in large part to the cross-disciplinary work carried out over the past...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Baldwin, The Copyright Wars

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Intellectual property is an ever growing contributor to the global economy; today, it comprises over 40% of the market value of American com...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Jevons, The Mystery of the Invisible Hand

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Wittgenstein, a passionate reader of detective stories, famously said that “more wisdom is contained in the best crime fiction than in conve...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Brooks, Business Adventures

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Resurrecting a 45-year-old book, Bill Gates included Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street on his 2014 su...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Carey, How We Learn

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Benedict Carey, a science reporter for The New York Times, has written a fast-paced, well-structured book that should have broad appeal. Ho...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Lombardo, Better Than Perfect

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Perfectionism as it is usually understood can be a terrible curse, especially for a trader. It leads a person to act out of fear rather than...
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Brenda Jubin
A philosopher by training, a trader and investor, a book lover.
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