Talk:Fischer Black

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Sorry I don't have time to edit this in detail now, but the obvious missing ingredient is something about his work in options pricing, or even just in finance, rather than more straight (boring?) economics.

I know how it was edited in almost by accident, but I think it's wrong to say that the Black-Derman-Toy model has gotten any special recognition - certainly any recognition that it's gotten doesn't fit the context (compared to the Nobel Prize).

With all the options related articles in Wikipedia - this one deserves much more work. Smallbones 17:24, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who wrote that text? That quote is really silly, it's completely stupid, here's a comment to it:

If the Federal Reserve System tries to inject money into the private sector, the private sector will simply turn around and exchange its money for Treasury bills at the next auction. -- No, idiot, the fed decides exactly how much M0 should be and how big the repo position with it's authorized dealers (with accounts at the central bank) will be. It can set the interest rate to zero by buying interest rate notes, or very high by continuously selling treasury bills or even it's own equivalent notes (if it should run out of treasury paper) in infinite amount.

If the Federal Reserve withdraws money, the private sector will allow some of its Treasury bills to mature without replacing them. -- What does that mean? If interest rates rise people will hold less of its money in interest bearing accounts? Interest rates are not at the will of the private sector, it should be extremely simple to understand that the fed has the monopoly on issuing money and can decide exactly how much M0 should be. It could withdraw everything but a few dollars and that would make the interest rate extremely high, if it wanted to.-- JR, 15:07, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

You call Black an idiot then later ask "What does that mean?". Perhaps you should read more about Black and you will understand. The quote only gives us a window into his world, for more detail, see the references. Lattefever (talk) 15:07, 3 August 2009 (UTC)Lattefever[reply]

I've expanded this section to include additional information.

Additionally I have removed it from the category of "posthumous recognition." Views on categorisation and location welcomed.

Finally I've added a link back to this section in the "Raghuram Rajan" article. Asperal 19:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone more familiar with the image copyright and fair-use guidelines look into uploading an image?

With a web search I have identified three strong possibilities...

• (my preference) http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/exhibits/merton/black.gif However this is labelled at the bottom as presented courtesy of the MIT Museum. Other than the date shown, Oct 75, there is no info about circumstances. In context: http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/exhibits/merton

• More recent, in color, lower res. and no info (copyright or otherwise) there is: http://bradley.bradley.edu/~arr/bsm/pg07.html

• Finally a clip could be taken from his bio book - I don't own a copy. This image appears on many booksellers sites around the web. The highest resolultion I've found being a 27k JPEG measuring 332x500. Asperal 19:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Guys!! I uploaded an image that his daughter sent me with the purpose to be included in the bio. She wants this image to be in wikipedia. I uploaded this image and added it. I put some licence - I don't know which one. I thought it was a normal licence that I put. Something that can be used!!! And today, what do I see?!?!?! Some BOT whatever, erases it. I don't know, nor do I have time, nor do I care about licensing and shit. If this is how this works, then screw this. And now I am supposed to spend another 15 min to upload the image again!??!?! I don't have time. So, what now?!??! Dalmatine (talk) 17:51, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Mathematics Genealogy Project (http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=13311) lists Patrick Carl Fischer as Fischer Black's dissertation advisor. Any reference to support Anthony Oettinger, which is cited? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsw1 (talk • contribs) 22:50, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

where are the roots of his forname? It is the German word for fischerman, is there any ancestry ?--109.91.65.73 (talk) 12:16, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it was his Grandfather's forename. I think it is mentioned in "Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance" -Perry Mehrling. Somewhere in the first few chapters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dulby (talk • contribs) 20:45, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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