Why Aren't They Shouting?: A Banker’s Tale of Change, Computers and Perpetual Crisis

Nearly three decades later, the feverish bustle has gone and the loudest noise you’re likely to hear is the gentle tapping of keyboards. Here is a very personal, often wryly amusing chronicle of this silent revolution that takes us from the days of phone calls, hand signals and alpha males to a world of microwave communications, complex derivatives and computer geeks. In addition, it’s a masterclass in how modern banking works, for those who don’t know their spot FX from their VaR or who struggle to recall precisely how Monte Carlo pricing operates. When Kevin Rodgers embarked on his career in finance, dealing rooms were seething with clamoring traders and gesticulating salesmen. But it’s also an account of 30 years of seismic change that rai

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"A rip-roaring ride through the dealing floors of the world’s financial market the storyline is eloquent, right up there with the calibre of the master of the genre, Michael Lewis." —Financial Advisor