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Stalking the Black Swan: Research and Decision Making in a World of Extreme Volatility
Kenneth Posner
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Description for Stalking the Black Swan: Research and Decision Making in a World of Extreme Volatility
Hardback. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 79 illus. BIC Classification: KFFM2; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Kenneth A. Posner spent close to two decades as a Wall Street analyst, tracking the so-called "specialty finance" sector, which included controversial companies such as Countrywide, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CIT, and MasterCard--many of which were caught in the subprime mortgage and capital markets crisis of 2007. While extreme volatility is nothing new in finance, the recent downturn caught many off guard, indicating that the traditional approach to decision making had let them down. Introducing a new framework for handling and evaluating extreme risk, Posner draws on years of experience to show how decision makers can best cope with the ... Read more
Kenneth A. Posner spent close to two decades as a Wall Street analyst, tracking the so-called "specialty finance" sector, which included controversial companies such as Countrywide, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CIT, and MasterCard--many of which were caught in the subprime mortgage and capital markets crisis of 2007. While extreme volatility is nothing new in finance, the recent downturn caught many off guard, indicating that the traditional approach to decision making had let them down. Introducing a new framework for handling and evaluating extreme risk, Posner draws on years of experience to show how decision makers can best cope with the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Business School Publishing
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231150484
SKU
V9780231150484
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About Kenneth Posner
Kenneth A. Posner is a financial services industry analyst and a fifteen-year veteran of Morgan Stanley, where he served as managing director and senior research analyst and where his work received high rankings from Institutional Investor and Greenwich Associates. He earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and holds the Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Financial ... Read more
Reviews for Stalking the Black Swan: Research and Decision Making in a World of Extreme Volatility
As a respected equity analyst, Kenneth A. Posner has seen firsthand what it means to be blindsided by black swans. In this deeply thoughtful and heartfelt book, he traces out the sources of what we think of as 'surprise events' and offers a pragmatic approach for confronting and hopefully mitigating their adverse effects. Along the way, there are many beautifully ... Read more