Math Mania
Mathematician Plays the Stock Market
Author:
Paulos, John Allen
Isbn 13:
9780465054817
ISBN: 0465054811
Pub Date:
May 1, 2004
Publisher:
Perseus Books
Shipping Weight: 0.80 pounds
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With his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles, John Allen Paulos addresses every thinking readers curiosity about the market Is it efficient? It is rational? How should one pick stocks? Can one quantify risk? What are the most common scams? Is there a way to really outperform the major indexes? Can a deeper knowledge of mathematics help beat the odds? This wry, illuminating book is for armchair mathematicians, market followers, or anyone who wants to know more about how markets work.
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