The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets

This is another offering book bought during book fair. Well, the previous one failed partially in my humble opinion. Let us see how this one goes...

This is a book that traces the beginnings of future trading to the present days. The author did enough homework and this book recorded precisely the whole process on the origins and growth of the future markets. Overall, the story telling is clear and I think readers will find it easier to digest along the way.

However... I must admit that this is another boring book. In fact, it is the usual typical historical book and it is actually barely entertaining. In my humble opinion, the author focuses too much on the academical side of the story. At the end, there is no fun in reading this book.

Entertaining aside, I thought the author missed out some serious stuff too. This is a book about future markets. Yet, I found no charts or tables in the whole book. Well, statistics are the best tool to tell stories at times. As such, I found it weird to read a serious story without serious stuffs.

For a full rating of 10, I am going to rate this book at 4. It is again another book that failed to inspire me in any way. The fact is... it is always very hard to get excellent books during a fair. What a disappointment...