References and Related Links

Berkshire Hathaway: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/feb03981.html

 

California Council on Problem Gambling: http://www.calproblemgambling.org/hurts.html

 

E*Trade: http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/03/biztech/articles/16etrade-marketplace.html

 

Forbes article: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/99/0125/6302082a.htm

 

Forbes Online table: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/99/0125/6302082tab1.htm

 

Futures Contracts: http://users.aol.com/keenlife/stock.htm

 

Gamblers Anonymous: http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/20questions.html

 

ISAAC Group at Berkeley: http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu

 

NASD brochure: http://www.charlesschwab.com/SchwabNOW/SNLibrary/SNLib076/SN076Body.html#PossibilitiesandPitfalls

 

Secure Socket Layer: http://www.charlesschwab.com/SchwabNOW/SNLibrary/SNLib076/SN076Body.html#GeneralInternet

 

Warren Buffett: http://www.biography.com

 

Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/frompost/feb99/trader25.htm

 

 

 

Arbel, Avner; Carvell, Steven; and Postnieks, Erik. The Harvard Business Review. May-June 1988. "The Smart Crash of October 19th."

 

 

 

Arbel, Avner and Kaff, Albert E. Crash: Ten Days in October...Will It Strike Again? Longman Financial Services Publishing: 1989.

 

 

 

Behr, Peter and Vise, David A. The Washington Post. October 20, 1987. "Stock Market Suffers Largest Loss in History As Dow Industrial Average Drops 508 Points; Plunge Blamed on Anxieties And Computerized Trading"

 

 

 

Berry, Kate. The Wall Street Journal. March 8, 1999. "SEC Chairman Levitt Tells Investors to Guard Against Fraud."

 

 

 

Buckman, Rebecca and Lucchetti, Aaron. The Wall Street Journal. Feb. 24, 1999. "Wall Street Firms Try to Keep Internet Mania from Ending Badly."

 

 

 

Lucas, Henry C. Jr. and Schwartz, Robert A., ed. The Challenge of Information Technology For the Securities Markets: Liquidity, Volatility, and Global Trading. Dow Jones-Irwin, 1989.

 

 

 

Flynn, Julia M. The New York Times. October 22, 1987. "Market Turmoil: The Role of Computers; Program Trading is Defended"

 

 

 

Slater, Robert. Soros: The Life, Times & Trading Secrets of the World's Greatest Investor. Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996.

Weiss, Gary; Schares, Gail E.; Smith, Geri; Dwyer, Paula; Sandler, Neal; and Pennar, Karen. Business Week.August 23, 1993. "The Man Who Moves Markets: Super-Investor and Benefactor George Soros is the Scourge of Europe's Central Banks"