Hedge Fund Wreckage

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From Bloomberg Of course, the most visible big loser this year is John Paulson. For example, through September 27, Paulson Advantage Fund was down 6 percent for the month and more than 28 percent for the year, while Paulson Advantage Plus, which takes on additional leverage, is presumably down even more. Paulson International Fund was…

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This Wont Work

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Whilst it does not qualify for email of the week status an email received last week at blog central does provide an interesting talking point. The gist of the email was that this individual had $40,000 to trade, was risking $600 per trade in the hope of making $250. So I am risking $600 to…

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Trading Expo

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Just back from a visit to the latest trading expo and I have some observations not necessarily in any order of importance. 1. Scrubbers are in – content is out. There were no shortage of stands for people I had never heard of whose main way of attracting attention was to have tarts with big…

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Never Been A Fan

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….of Apple and the cult that grew up around it. To me computers are tools to get a job done – they are only a fashion statement for the sad. However, there is no denying the impact of Steve Jobs upon the popular psyche and his remarkable business acumen. In the outpouring of grief surrounding…

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Game Theory

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Game theory is the standard tool used to model strategic interactions in evolutionary biology and social science. Traditional game theory studies the equilibria of simple games. But is traditional game theory applicable if the game is complicated, and if not, what is? We investigate this question here, defining a complicated game as one with many…

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