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A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market
by John Allen Paulos
Paulos lost money on WorldCom and explains why: efficient markets, psychology, technical analysis debunked, the math of bubbles. Candid and instructive.
Read it if…
you want investing math from someone who got burned.
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Skip it if…
you want stock tips.
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Three things you will actually use
- Smart people lose too.
- Markets are mostly efficient.
- Diversify and doubt.
Do this first
Read the chapter on his WorldCom losses.
Our verdict
Paulos and the market.
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