Omaha / Greenwich / Milan / New York / London / Chicago / /
Company
Merril Lynch / Central Bank of Volatility / Long-Term Capital Management / Bear Stearns / JWM Partners / Salomon / Goldman Sachs / Merrill Lynch / Bank of International Settlements / Arbitrage Group / /
Country
Venezuela / Brazil / United Kingdom / Italy / Turkey / Malaysia / Russia / United States / Argentina / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Movie Release / Funding / Natural Disaster / Business Partnership / Company Expansion / Dividend Issuance / Earnings Announcement / /
Facility
Ivory Tower / /
IndustryTerm
oil embargo / where new products / young trader / secret tool / software designers / finance industry / risk management / computer technology / finance / impresario trader / wider banking community / continuous time finance / bank / equity derivatives traders / speculative tools / bank reform / similar macro-trading systems / risk-averse international banks / decades-long search / pit trader / profile management / raising Wall Street finance / /
Movie
The Perfect Storm / The Midas Touch / /
Organization
Bank of Italy / Italian government / Reagan Administration / real-world laboratory / International Monetary Fund / U.S. government / Australian Foresight Institute / European Economic Community / U.S. Congress / Government Accounting Office / Quantum Fund / US Federal Reserve / Basel Committee / Commodities Futures Trading Commission / U.S. Treasury / Ivy League / Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries / World Bank / Federal Reserve Board / Securities & Exchange Commission / /
Person
Later Scholes / Peter Fisher / Stan Jonas / Robert Merton / Roger Lowenstein / Robert Lucas / Pierre Wack / William Sharpe / Ulrich Beck / Michael Lewis / Paul Mozer / Victor Haghani / Alex Burns / Paul Samuelson / Harry Mankwitz / Roger Black / Mohammed Mahathir / Lawrence Hilibrand / George Soros / Nicholas Dunbar / Louis Bachelier / Alan Greenspan / Robert Miller / Jim McEntree / Joseph Stiglitz / Miller Merton / Warren Buffet / John Meriwether / Fischer Black / Franco Modigliani / /
Position
Prime Minister / academic-trader / broker / pit trader / retaliation trader / chief / author / impresario trader / trader / economist / young trader / chairman / /
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