Vince Flynn - Kill Shot (Fiction)
Vince Flynn - Assassin (Fiction)
Chris Kyle - American Sniper (Non-Fiction)
I hadn’t read any Vince Flynn before these two. They were like the Bourne movies in book form - fairly entertaining and quick reads. However, a bit unrealistic at times.
American Sniper was ok. Just because Chris has 255 kills and 160 confirmed kills doesn’t make him a ’super badass’ in my book. The battles were infantry-like and a bit repetitive. Definitely apparent that he was in SOCOM and not JSOC. He mentions briefly that he wished he tried out for JSOC’s DEVGRU in the book - would have made for an even more interesting story.
The author is the most pretentious individual I ever read. He devotes every chapter in the book on how great his calls were. He apparently predicted 7 recessions and they all came true.
The author is the most pretentious individual I ever read. He devotes every chapter in the book on how great his calls were. He apparently predicted 7 recessions and they all came true.
I’m no familiar with the book, but those pretentious guys can be pretty annoying. If you predict a recession every year, eventually you’ll predict them all.
I liked the man without qualities by robert musil, one of the most underrated works of literature…crime&punishment was pretty engaging and powerful …the trial/the castle by Kafka….and all stories by Jorge Luis borges are mind boggling
I recently finished the Hunger Games trilogy. Quick, entertaining, somewhat mindless reads, which is exactly what I look for in reading material. I’m currently reading Ulysses and Don Quixote, neither of which are mindless so far, but are novels I figure I should read before I die.
There is an e-book called Race Against the Machine which is really good. It’s only about 75 pages so a quick read. It provides a good perspective on employment issues and their cause (i.e. not interest rates but lack of qualification).
Just picked up Dark Pools. Looks like a solid read. Review to follow.
Dark Pools High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System
In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market from the big exchanges that, again and again, gave the giant institutions an advantage over the little guy. Levine created a computerized trading hub named Island where small traders swapped stocks, and over time his invention morphed into a global electronic stock market that sent trillions in capital through a vast jungle of fiber-optic cables.
By then, the market that Levine had sought to fix had turned upside down, birthing secretive exchanges called dark pools and a new species of trading machines that could think, and that seemed, ominously, to be slipping the control of their human masters.
Dark Pools is the fascinating story of how global markets have been hijacked by trading robots–many so self-directed that humans can’t predict what they’ll do next.
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Vince Flynn - Kill Shot (Fiction)
Vince Flynn - Assassin (Fiction)
Chris Kyle - American Sniper (Non-Fiction)
I hadn’t read any Vince Flynn before these two. They were like the Bourne movies in book form - fairly entertaining and quick reads. However, a bit unrealistic at times.
American Sniper was ok. Just because Chris has 255 kills and 160 confirmed kills doesn’t make him a ’super badass’ in my book. The battles were infantry-like and a bit repetitive. Definitely apparent that he was in SOCOM and not JSOC. He mentions briefly that he wished he tried out for JSOC’s DEVGRU in the book - would have made for an even more interesting story.
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“The age of deleveraging”.
The author is the most pretentious individual I ever read. He devotes every chapter in the book on how great his calls were. He apparently predicted 7 recessions and they all came true.
I, Robot by Asimov. A good old classic.
1. The Greatest Trade Ever - The Behind-the-Scenes story of how John Paulson Defied Wall Street and made financial history.
2. A Random Walk down Wall Street
I’m no familiar with the book, but those pretentious guys can be pretty annoying. If you predict a recession every year, eventually you’ll predict them all.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is a good book. I read it in HS, plan on reading it again.
I also thought Satanic Verses was great as well. Never bought into Midnight’s Children, but I like Rushdie’s other works.
Cities teem with evil and decay, let’s give it a good shake and see what falls out!!
Also among the classics, I’d say Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky was really good too. Maybe someday I’ll read Brothers karamazov.
Cities teem with evil and decay, let’s give it a good shake and see what falls out!!
i have only read one fiction in my adult life and i agree with Palantir the great, crime and punishment was very intriguing……
just started reading ‘future shock’
I liked the man without qualities by robert musil, one of the most underrated works of literature…crime&punishment was pretty engaging and powerful …the trial/the castle by Kafka….and all stories by Jorge Luis borges are mind boggling
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For anyone who liked Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead is also a great book. I actually liked it more than Atlas Shrugged.
Ugly Americans by Ben Mezrich
Born to Run!
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The Pick-Up Artist. Solid read. Frankie, this is the book you need for hcb.
I recently finished the Hunger Games trilogy. Quick, entertaining, somewhat mindless reads, which is exactly what I look for in reading material. I’m currently reading Ulysses and Don Quixote, neither of which are mindless so far, but are novels I figure I should read before I die.
You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond.
Probably one of my favorite books ever. I keep meaning to re-read it but it is a monstrously long read and I haven’t had the time…
I have the first Hunger Games book on my Kindle, so that’s up next.
I still have 200 pages left in Atlas Shrugged. I’ve enjoyed the book, but it’s a beast.
Edit: I’ve been distracted since I picked up The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Kind of sacrilegious to be a sci fi fan and not have read it.
Atlas shrugged is about one third too long…fountainhead is just right :)
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There is an e-book called Race Against the Machine which is really good. It’s only about 75 pages so a quick read. It provides a good perspective on employment issues and their cause (i.e. not interest rates but lack of qualification).
My Favorite too.
War room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team
Nice read during the offseason.
is it better than The Game?
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I just finished King of Capital. It’s about Blackstone & the PE industry. I enjoyed it.
I am currently reading Boomerang, enjoying it much.
“Soros was known as the only private citizen to have his own foreign policy”
2 thumbs up for Boomerang.
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Just picked up Dark Pools. Looks like a solid read. Review to follow.
Dark Pools
High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System
In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market from the big exchanges that, again and again, gave the giant institutions an advantage over the little guy. Levine created a computerized trading hub named Island where small traders swapped stocks, and over time his invention morphed into a global electronic stock market that sent trillions in capital through a vast jungle of fiber-optic cables.
By then, the market that Levine had sought to fix had turned upside down, birthing secretive exchanges called dark pools and a new species of trading machines that could think, and that seemed, ominously, to be slipping the control of their human masters.
Dark Pools is the fascinating story of how global markets have been hijacked by trading robots–many so self-directed that humans can’t predict what they’ll do next.
CFAvsMBA,
Since you brought up the trading subject, I see your Dark Pools, and raise you these 2 classics (although 1 is fiction):
- Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
- Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners
I think these will be my next purchases.
“Soros was known as the only private citizen to have his own foreign policy”
I motion to ban discussion of finance books in this thread.
Cities teem with evil and decay, let’s give it a good shake and see what falls out!!
Agreed. It’s kind of depressing to think everyone is reading about finance.
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