Грегори Цукерман – лучшие книги

Он тщательно охранял секреты работы своего хедж-фонда, нанимал нобелевских лауреатов и сотрудников спецслужб. Это история легендарного ученого-математика Джима Саймонса, который совершил революцию на фондовом рынке с помощью компьютерных технологий и стал самым высокодоходным управляющим за всю историю финансовых рынков. Журналисту Грегори Цукерману удалось взять интервью у десятков свидетелей деятельности Саймонса. Среди них сотрудники хедж-фонда, родственники и сам учёный, который до последнего был против написания этой книги. О том, как получилось у Джима Саймонса создать самый успешный хедж-фонд в мире и чего ему это стоило читайте в…

In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how to wager against housing. He had spent a career as an also-ran on Wall Street. But Paulson was convinced this was his chance to make his mark. He just wasn't sure how to do it. Colleagues at investment banks scoffed at him and investors dismissed him. Even pros skeptical about housing shied away from the complicated derivative investments that Paulson was just learning about. But Paulson and a handful of renegade investors such as Jeffrey Greene and Michael Burry began to bet heavily against risky mortgages and precarious financial companies. Timing is everything, though. Initially, Paulson and the others lost tens of millions of dollars as real estate and stocks continued to soar. Rather than back down, however, Paulson redoubled his bets, putting his hedge fund and his reputation on the line.
In the summer of 2007, the markets began to implode, bringing Paulson early profits, but also sparking efforts to rescue real estate and derail him. By year's end, though, John Paulson had pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, earning more than $15 billion for his firm--a figure that dwarfed George Soros's billion-dollar currency trade in 1992. Paulson made billions more in 2008 by transforming his gutsy move. Some of the underdog investors who attempted the daring trade also reaped fortunes. But others who got the timing wrong met devastating failure, discovering that being early and right wasn't nearly enough.
Written by the prizewinning reporter who broke the story in The Wall Street Journal, The Greatest Trade Ever is a superbly written, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative of how a contrarian foresaw an escalating financial crisis--that outwitted Chuck Prince, Stanley O'Neal, Richard Fuld, and Wall Street's titans--to make financial history.

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Endine matemaatikaprofessor James Simons, ettev?tte Renaissance Technologies asutaja, on t?nases finantsmaailmas ?ks edukaimaid kauplejaid. Aastast 1988 on Renaissance’i lipulaev Medallioni riskifond n?idanud keskmiselt 66%-st aastatootlust, teenides kauplemiselt rohkem kui 100 miljardit dollarit kasumit. Keegi teine ei saa sellele ligil?hedalegi, ka mitte Warren Buffett, George Soros, Peter Lynch, Steve Cohen ja Ray Dalio, kirjutab Gregory Zuckermani raamatus „Turgude isand“. Simonsi n?ol on tegemist mehega, kes juba karj??ri algusaastail otsustas l?bi n?rida tohututest andmemassiividest, rakendada k?rgemat matemaatikat ning luua ultramoodsaid arvutimudeleid, sellal kui teised l?htusid oma prognoosides sisetundest, vaistust ja vanakooli taustauuringutest. Just Simons pani aluse investeerimismaailma tabanud revolutsioonile. Zuckermani hinnangul k??nib Simonsi vara t?naseks ligi 23 miljardi dollarini, tema ettev?tte keskmisel t??tajal pea 50 miljoni dollarini. Need suurusj?rgud annavad enam kui alust v?ita, et Simons ja tema meeskond on tabanud investeerimise kohta midagi, mille m?istmisest teised vaid unistavad. Ja seda olukorras, kus Simonsi ettev?ttesse on eelk?ige oodatud matemaatikud ja teadlased, kes ei tea investeerimisest ja Wall Streeti telgitagustest enamasti suurt midagi. M?ned neist on kapitalismi suhtes suisa skeptilised. Kuigi Simonsi n?ol on tegemist ?limat privaatsust hindava mehega, ?nnestus Zuckermanil teha enam kui nelisada intervjuud rohkem kui 30ne endise ja praeguse Renaissance’i t??tajaga, lisaks Simonsi s?prade, pereliikmete ja raamatus mainitud s?ndmuste asjaosalistega. Nii s?ndis haarav lugu, mis r??gib Simonsi noorusajast ja t??st k?lma s?ja aegse koodimurdja ning murrangulise matemaatikuna, samuti tema ettev?tte tormilistest algusaastatest. Allikad jagasid seniteadmata ?ksikasju Renaissance’i k?ige t?htsamatest murdepunktidest, aga ka viimasel ajal aset leidnud s?ndmustest, milles oli rohkem draamat ja intriigi, kui seda oleks osanud ettegi kujutada.