A mathematician plays the stock market
by John Allen Paulos · first published 2003
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Offers a mathematical perspective on the stock market and the human dream of wealth, covering such topics as data mining, momentum investing, the Elliot Wave Theory, and Warren Buffet's fundamental analysis.
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…interested in "A Mathematician Plays the Stockmarket", by John Allen Paulos (he also wrote the excellent "Innumeracy"). The book explains a bunch of mistakes he made when investing. http://www.amazon.com/Mathematician-Plays-The-Stock-Market/d...
on “Hard-won lessons about money and investing” ↗Non-mobile link - http://www.amazon.com/Mathematician-Plays-The-Stock-Market/d...
on “Ask HN: Automate Stock Trading?” ↗Even mathematicians whose favourite topic is mathematical illiteracy can fall into the trap. "A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market" by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allen_Paulos#Bibliography
on “What Is a Gamma Squeeze in the Context of Stock Trading?” ↗A Joke from A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market (I think): Two Efficient Market theorists were walking down the street and see a $100 bill lying there. They both keep on walking and one says to the other "If that was real, someone would have picked…
on “That Time Buffett Smashed the Efficient Market Hypothesis” ↗