内容简介
InMyLifeasaQuant,EmanuelDermanreliveshisexcitingjourneyasoneofthefirsthigh-energyparticlephysiciststomigratetoWallStreet.Pagebypage,Dermandetailshisadventuresinthisfield-analyzingtheincompatiblepersonasoftradersandquants,anddiscussingthedissimilarnatureofknowledgeinphysicsandfinance.Throughoutthistale,healsoreflectsontheappropriatewaytoapplytherefinedmethodsofphysicstothehurly-burlyworldofmarkets.
作者简介
EmanuelDermanisaprincipalandHeadofRiskatPrismaCapitalPartnersandaprofessorandDirectorofthePrograminFinancialEngineeringatColumbiaUniversity.HewasformerlyamanagingdirectoratGoldman,Sachs&Co.,whichhejoinedin1985afteraninitialcareerinacademiclifeandatAT&TBellLaboratories.Heistheco-creatorofthewidelyusedBlack-Derman-ToyinterestratemodelandtheDerman-Kanilocalvolatilitymodel.Amonghismanyawardsandhonors,hewasnamedtheSunGard/IAFEFinancialEngineeroftheYearin2000andwasappointedtotheRiskHallofFamein2002.HehasaPhDintheoreticalphysicsfromColumbiaUniversityandistheauthorofnumerousarticlesinelementaryparticlephysics,computerscience,andfinance.