Against the Gods
The Remarkable Story of Risk
Peter L. Bernstein
Against the Gods is Peter L. Bernstein's history of how people learned to think about probability and risk. ChartClub lists the 1998 Wiley edition. It is a history, not a trading or position-sizing manual.
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- Author
- Peter L. Bernstein
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Year
- 1998
- Pages
- 400
Key takeaways
- The book is a history of risk ideas.
- It does not give entries, stops, or position sizes.
- Historical narrative is not a trading method.
Tags
- risk
- probability
- market-history
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