The answer to this question has been carefully discussed by academia .... look to the work of Terrance Odean for enlightenment.
Calm down atticus, raging against every other poster is going to cost you in life expectancy. Most things that render ok on a PPC will render...
I don't trade the SPY so I don't know the facts for sure, but I'd imagine that one issue would be expenses. The SPY deducts a management fee,...
I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good service for getting real time quotes and charts on futures that displays well on an i-phone?...
If you could walk through year by year and see the death rate of systems in each period, that might be an insightful exercise.
Is there a way to look at aggregated results of all systems on Collective?
I'm sure he gets his jollies from besting Bill. Post Oval office he has an Oscar, a Nobel and $100mm to show for it, while Bill is still...
Generally speaking I would agree. Small is beautiful - which is also why comparing a return of 100% on a small balance versus a 20% return on a...
From 2007 BRK annual shareholder letter: "Whatever pension-cost surprises are in store for shareholders down the road, these jolts will be...
When t bills are 2.5%, everyone else is earning 2.5% on their balances and you're getting 4% on your balances .... ... you might think...
This is why I come back to ET ... you can't find quality entertainment like this on the tee vee. Thanks WarEagle.
Sounds like you had a great event Surf ... sorry I couldn't make it as I was on vacation. Good luck with everything and let me know when you...
Alabama County's Debt Cut to Junk on Credit Squeeze (Update2) By Martin Z. Braun Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Jefferson County, Alabama's $3.2...
I think quite a few of these municipalities are dragging along sizable pensionable obligations in the closet. You've got a lot of half pay...
Vallejo is on the brink of a dubious distinction - becoming the first city in California to declare bankruptcy. The fiscal crisis, which comes...
Anyone who has spent some time investigating how the returns to merger arbitrage and factor model driven arbitrage have degraded over time will...
This is a subject Terrance Odean at Berkeley has looked into with comprehensive Taiwanese data....
The perennial problem of retail trading houses. If most customers made money, their accounts would grow over time and there would be no need...
Lindq's reasoning on the ecosystem of trading is IMHO spot on. However I would respectfully submit that high quality statistics on the subject...
Mixed 2007 For John W. Henry's Funds January 29, 2008 The year-to-date numbers are in for John W. Henry & Co. and the results range from...
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