The how one man made a market, built an empire, and lost it all Childs, Mary (Business journalist) creator nyu New York Flatiron Books 2024 First Flatiron Books paperback edition eng 329 pages ; 24 cm. Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to Vegas armed with his net worth ($200) and a knack for counting cards. $10,000 and countless casino bans later, he was hooked: so he enrolled in business school. The Bond King is the story of how that whiz kid made American finance his casino. Over the course of decades, Bill Gross turned the sleepy bond market into a destabilized game of high risk, high reward; founded Pimco, one of today’s most powerful, secretive, and cutthroat investment firms; helped to reshape our financial system in the aftermath of the Great Recession—to his own advantage; and gained legions of admirers, and enemies, along the way. Like every American antihero, his ambition would also be his undoing. To understand the winners and losers of today’s money game, journalist Mary Childs argues, is to understand the bond market—and to understand the bond market is to understand the Bond King." The housing project In the beginning The turn The crisis Constructive paranoia New normal Stinker Edge Grow or die Ratfucked Taper tantrum Secretariat Inside the showdown Stealing the firm Minutes Bye-bye to those days Mary Childs. Includes bibliographical references Gross, William H. (William Hunt) 1944- Capitalistas y financieros Estados Unidos Biografías Bonos Estados Unidos Historia Inversiones Historia Estados Unidos Finanzas Estados Unidos Historia HG 172 C537b 2024 9781250120861 1250120861 180625 20260313121744.0 eng