Peter ElstonJun 1, 20195 minStatistics and ScienceEdge, Paradox, Bravery and the Stock MarketI have written in the past about the Kelly Betting Criterion, named after the Bell Laboratory researcher John L. Kelly. In short, ‘the...
Peter ElstonFeb 1, 20184 minInvestingHow Investors Often Make Bad Mistakes En MasseHaving now written two series of articles exclusively for Trustnet on the subjects of ‘investment risk’ and ‘value investing’, I now turn...
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