An edition of A mathematician plays the stock market
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A mathematician plays the stock market
by John Allen Paulos
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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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Psychologische aspecten, Investeringen, Investment analysis, Mathematical models, Psychological aspects, Beleggingen, Stock exchanges, Wiskundige modellen, Stocks, Investments, Psychological aspects of Stock exchanges, Psychological aspects of Investments, Gambling, Psychological aspects of Gambling, Risk-taking (Psychology), Speculation, Business & economics, Investments & securitiesPeople
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Un Matemático Invierte en la Bolsa
June 2005, TusQuets
Paperback
in Spanish
8483109700 9788483109700
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A Mathematician Plays the Market: He Figured the Odds, And They Still Beat Him
June 24, 2004, Penguin Books Ltd
Paperback
in English
014101203X 9780141012032
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A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market
May 13, 2003, Basic Books
in English
0465054803 9780465054800
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Anticipating Others' Anticipations
Falling in Love with WorldCom
Being Right Versus Being Right About the Market
My Pedagogical Cruelty
Common Knowledge, Jealousy, and Market Sell-Offs
Fear, Greed, and Cognitive Illusions
Averaging Down or Catching a Falling Knife?
Emotional Overreactions and Homo Economicus
Behavioral Finance
Psychological Foibles, A List
Self-Fulfilling Beliefs and Data Mining
Rumors and Online Chatrooms
Pump and Dump, Short and Distort
Trends, Crowds, and Waves
Technical Analysis: Following the Followers
The Euro and the Golden Ratio
Moving Averages, Big Picture
Resistance and Support and All That
Predictability and Trends
Technical Strategies and Blackjack
Winning Through Losing?
Chance and Efficient Markets
Geniuses, Idiots, or Neither
Efficiency and Random Walks
Pennies and the Perception of Pattern
A Stock-Newsletter Scam
Decimals and Other Changes
Benford's Law and Looking Out for Number One
The Numbers Man
A Screen Treatment
Value Investing and Fundamental Analysis
e is the Root of All Money
The Fundamentalists' Creed: You Get What You Pay For
Ponzi and the Irrational Discounting of the Future
Average Riches, Likely Poverty
Fat Stocks, Fat People, and P/E
Contrarian Investing and the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx
Accounting Practices, WorldCom's Problems
Options, Risk, and Volatility
Options and the Calls of the Wild
The Lure of Illegal Leverage
Short-Selling, Margin Buying, and Familial Finances
Are Insider Trading and Stock Manipulation so Bad?
Expected Value, Not Value Expected
What's Normal? Not Six Sigma
Diversifying Stock Portfolios
A Reminiscence and a Parable
Are Stocks Less Risky Than Bonds?
The St. Petersburg Paradox and Utility
Portfolios: Benefiting from the Hatfields and McCoys
Diversification and Politically Incorrect Funds
Beta
Is It Better?
Connectedness and Chaotic Price Movements
Insider Trading and Subterranean Information Processing
Trading Strategies, Whim, and Ant Behavior
Chaos and Unpredictability
Extreme Price Movements, Power Laws, and the Web
Economic Disparities and Media Disproportions
From Paradox to Complexity
The Paradoxical Efficient Market Hypothesis
The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Market
Pushing the Complexity Horizon
Game Theory and Supernatural Investor/Psychologists
Absurd Emails and the WorldCom Denouement.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.
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First Sentence
"It was early 2000, the market was booming, and my investment in various index funds were doing well but not generating much excitement."
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