{"product_id":"the-bond-king-how-one-man-made-a-market-built-an-empire-and-lost-it-all-9781250120861","title":"The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the host of NPR's \u003ci\u003ePlanet Money\u003c\/i\u003e, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bond King\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChilds, Mary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMary Childs (she\/her) \u003c\/b\u003eis a co-host and correspondent for NPR's \u003ci\u003ePlanet Money\u003c\/i\u003e podcast. Previously she was a reporter at \u003ci\u003eBarron's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and Bloomberg News. She graduated from Washington \u0026amp; Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, with a degree in business journalism.","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877954851090,"sku":"9781250120861","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f47b254-6e72-4777-97b0-1ad23927be9e.jpg?v=1765972253","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bond-king-how-one-man-made-a-market-built-an-empire-and-lost-it-all-9781250120861","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}