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Category: Black Swan Thinking
- April 4, 2014Trend Following and Controlled Baseball
Feedback in: This post [below in italics] brings up some thoughts on selling trend following. Selling the logic of how and why it works doesn’t seem to pump people up enough to…
- December 18, 2013Black Swans Surfing the Waves
This video came in email: Nice.
- November 23, 2013Statistics in Football Can Make You See the Innovative Trend Following Light
Consider a story excerpt about “numbers” that might just help you to make more money: A high school coach in Arkansas has developed a new football strategy: His team never punts. And…
- September 16, 2013Nassim Taleb Quote: What Does a Turkey Have in Common With the Stock Market?
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes, be aware of the unexpected, the importance of Black Swan theory thinking.
- April 29, 2013The Kelly Criterion Shocks Some and Inspires Others
Feedback: Hey there Mike. I was reading the hedge fund Market Wizards where the Kelly criterion was mentioned. To be honest it shocked me that any professional trader would take it seriously.…
- November 23, 2012“It’s the Autocorrelation, Stupid”
Forwarded from a friend at AHL comes a nice piece from Newedge: It’s the autocorrelation, stupid (PDF).
- October 1, 2012The Trend Following Dice Roll
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