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The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All

door Mary Childs

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"From the host of NPR's Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, ruthless investor changed American finance forever. 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"--… (meer)

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To me the book seemed boring, but someone with more of an interest in the subject would probably have a different take.

mariannedawnl | Sep 17, 2022 |

I picked up this book because I was interested in learning more about bond markets. I did learn more about bond markets, although not in as much detail as I would have hoped. The primary focus of the text is about the legendary bond investor, Bill Gross, of Pacific Investment Management, Co (PIMCO).

The book is written by Childs, a female financial reported. She positions herself as an outsider to the "old boys club" of the financial world, and takes a generally disparaging tone about the industry, call out its sexism and egocentrism (I can't argue that this tone isn't merited). On the other hand, her book ultimately elevates her subjects, as it gives lengthy airtime to their qualities and aspirations.

The subtitle of the book is hyperbolic. Gross didn't lose everything. His reputation is tarnished, and he was pushed out of the firm he helped co-found, but I think this is the norm for financial tycoons. He is still a celebrity billionaire. (

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willszal | Jul 15, 2022 |

Rather focused on the personalities, especially in the second half of the book. Not enough about financial engineering. (

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"From the host of NPR's Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, ruthless investor changed American finance forever. 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"--

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