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Not only is when genius failed a great read, it accurately foreshadows the weapons of mass destruction risks, to quote warren buffett, that would lead to the subprime meltdown and great recession. The book puts on an unauthorized account of the creation, early success, abrupt collapse, and rushed bailout of longterm capital management ltcm. With a new afterword addressing todays financial crisis a business week best book of the year in this business classicnow with a new afterword in which the author draws parallels. When genius failed is the cautionary financial tale of our time, the gripping saga of what happened when an elite group of investors believed they could actually deconstruct risk and use virtually limitless leverage to create limitless wealth. The rise and fall of long term capital management new ed by lowenstein, roger isbn. In norwegian folklore it is a spirit who sometimes appears as a white horse that steals children away. Librivox acoustical liberation of books in the public domain menu. The real genius of the book was that lowenstein nailed why genius failed. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
John meriwether, a famously successful wall street trader, spent. Lowenstein did a terrific job of introducing the reader to the quirky personalities at long term capital and their interactions with wall street, european and asian. John meriwether, a famously successful wall street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at salomon. I reread it last weekend in light of the recent news about the failure of hedge fund carlyle capital corp.
I had only briefly heard of long term capital management, but the author really brings the people involved and the quite horrifying sums of money to life. When genius failed npr coverage of when genius failed. I have just finished reading when genius failed by roger lowenstein. The rise and fall of longterm capital management is a book by roger lowenstein published by random house on october 9, 2000.
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