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Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World´s Largest Derivatives Exchange
Erika S. Olson
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Hardcover. The Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World s Largest Derivatives Exchange and its Influence on the Global Economy offers a behind-the-scenes look at how CME Group came seemingly out of nowhere to give Wall Street s power players a run for their money literally. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
In 2007, a stranger-than-fiction multibillion-dollar bidding war for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) erupted between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Atlanta’s IntercontinentalExchange (ICE). Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange takes readers behind the scenes of this battle to tell the gripping—and often comical—story of how the historic merger between CME and CBOT almost didn’t happen.
In 2007, a stranger-than-fiction multibillion-dollar bidding war for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) erupted between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Atlanta’s IntercontinentalExchange (ICE). Zero-Sum Game: The Rise of the World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange takes readers behind the scenes of this battle to tell the gripping—and often comical—story of how the historic merger between CME and CBOT almost didn’t happen.
Author Erika S. Olson, a managing director at CBOT during the bidding war, delivers a blow-by-blow account of the fight for the world’s oldest futures exchange, taking you inside CBOT’s landmark Chicago Loop headquarters, onto the high-octane trading ... Read more
Through the lens of the CME/CBOT deal, Zero-Sum Game:
- Introduces the colorful and outspoken personalities who call the shots in this close-knit and frequently misunderstood industry
- Details the reasons behind the recent, spectacular growth of a market that’s existed for over 160 years
- Explains how derivatives affect the lives of average consumers worldwide by influencing everything from interest rates on credit cards to the cost of a cheeseburger to the price of a gallon of gas
- Reveals the inner workings of futures exchanges, and differentiates the various types of derivatives that are routinely lumped together and vilified by the media
Erika S. Olson is a former managing director of the Chicago Board of Trade and spent over ten years working in and consulting to the financial services industry. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470624203
SKU
V9780470624203
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About Erika S. Olson
ERIKA S. OLSON is a business consultant, financial writer, and blogger, and was a managing director at the Chicago Board of Trade during the bidding war between CME and ICE. She holds a BBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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