Markets: Who Plays, Who Risks, Who Gains, Who Loses [Paperback]

Martin Mayer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1990

An uncommonly lucid explanation of today's complex markets. The true account of today's big money games, worldwide, that tells where, how and why so much of the money disappeared.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Wall Street insider-trading scandals are only the tip of the iceberg, notes bestselling financial author Mayer ( The Bankers ; The Lawyers ) in what PW dubbed a "penetrating study of world equity, commodity and currency trading prior to the October 1987 stock-market meltdown."
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Mayer's thesisthat an understanding of modern markets is essential to an awareness of modern societyis as pertinent after the October 1988 crash as it was before. Mayer ( The Bankers ) focuses on the New York Stock Exchange and the various commodity exchanges, giving particular attention to the trading of stock futures and options. The crash occurred while Mayer was writing this book. Despite its catastrophic consequences, the crash provided an excellent example of market operations, and more importantly, of what can go wrong. Mayer demonstrates for lay readers as well as specialists the role that program trading played in the crash and offers ideas to prevent future meltdowns. A complex subject handled well by a seasoned financial journalist. Joseph Barth, U.S. Military Academy Lib., West Point, N.Y.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 303 pages
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (July 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393306526
• ISBN-13: 978-0393306521
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,936,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great article on Bloomberg this week., March 23, 1999

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This review is from: Markets Who Plays Who Risks Who Gains Who Loses (Hardcover)

I would like to know if it is possible to have the email address of Martin Mayer? In reference to a book about daytrading from home.

thanks Marcus De Hon [e-mail] [e-mail]