Financial origami : how the Wall Street model broke / Brendan Moynihan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moynihan, Brendan.

Series:

Bloomberg

Bloomberg ; v.140

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial engineering.

Financial risk.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Securities industry--United States.

Securities industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Bloomberg Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An in-depth look at the failure of Wall Street's ""proven"" financial models Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into intricate and aesthetically attractive shapes. As such, it is the perfect metaphor for the Wall Street financial engineering model, which ultimately proved to be the underlying cause of the 2008 financial crisis. In Financial Origami, Brendan Moynihan describes how the Wall Street business model evolved from a method to transfer risk into a method for manufacturing risk. Along the way, this timely book skillfully dissects financial engineering and addresses

Contents:

Financial Origami: How the Wall Street Model Broke; Contents; Author's Note; Introduction; Chapter 1: Fold Sides to Center; Chapter 2: Result, Turn Over; Chapter 3: Fold Sides to Center, Again; Chapter 4: Fold Tip to Point; Chapter 5: Fold Point Back; Chapter 6: Fold in Half; Chapter 7: Pull Neck Upright; Chapter 8: Pull Head to Suitable Angle; Chapter 9: Complete; Epilogue; Notes; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613027023

9781118030325

111803032X

9781283027021

128302702X

9781118030301

1118030303

OCLC:

705538443