The (Mis)Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence

What the summary covers

1. Prelude: Introducing a Maverick in Science1 min
2. Risk, Ruin, and Reward2 min
3. By the Toss of a Coin or the Flight of an Arrow?2 min
4. Bachelier and His Legacy2 min
5. The House of Modern Finance2 min
6. The Case Against the Modern Theory of Finance3 min
7. Turbulent markets: a preview1 min
8. Studies in roughness: a fractal primer2 min
9. A fractal gallery1 min
10. The mystery of cotton2 min
11. Long memory, from the Nile to the marketplace2 min
12. Noah, Joseph, and market bubbles2 min
13. The multifractal nature of trading time2 min
14. Ten Heresies of Finance4 min
15. In the Lab2 min

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