Saturday, November 12, 2011

RJA #12b: APA-Style Annotated Bibliography, Part 1–

Lowenstein, R. (2010). The end of wall street. (1st ed.). New York, NY: Penguin Press.
    Roger Lowenstein has worked as a wall street journal reporter, and is now a columnist for Bloomberg. The book describes in detail the years leading up to the crash in 2008, and advocates against the idea that Wall Street is capable of self regulation. 


Lewis, M. (2010). The big short. (1st ed.). New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
    Michael Lewis was once a wall street adviser, and has since written two books about his experiences there. He outlines the use of securities and derivatives and their roles in the collapse of the markets in 2008. 


Lambert, E. (2011). The futures. (1st ed.). New York, NY: Basic books.
    The author, Emily Lambert, is senior writer for Forbes, covering finance and trading. The book discusses the inner details of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, which were the first futures market in the world. The book outlines methods of speculation in these markets, and details the financial trading markets. 

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