I have an infinite appetite for financial history books. In case anyone is looking for holiday recommendations, here’s a list of some I’ve enjoyed in the last couple of months:
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1. On the subject of LIBOR manipulation — “The Spider Network: How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062452991/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_..xgCb01BQP31 …
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2. On the 2008 crisis (with many more broadly applicable themes) — Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061965308/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3bygCbXXYF2F3 …
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3. On Schwartzman and Blackstone — King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307886026/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_HeygCbTVJCTM5 …
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4. On the rise of quantitative trading and algo strategies in HFs — The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed Ithttps://www.amazon.com/dp/0307453383/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_tfygCb9ZZFFWV …
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5. On macro HFs, in the words of managers themselves — Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118843282/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_JgygCbZN08A0N …
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6. More recommendations, please! What else should I be reading?
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I really, really enjoyed Digitally Transforming the Mortgage Banking Industry, which has an embedded history of mortgage origination changes resulting from securitization and then the post-financial crisis reforms. It also talks about software... I'd maybe ignore that part.
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