A mathematician plays the stock market
By: John Allen Paulos
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780465054800
Subjects: Psychologische aspecten; Investeringen; Investment analysis; Mathematical models; Stock exchanges; Beleggingen; Psychological aspects; Wiskundige modellen; Stocks; Investments
Description: Offers a mathematical perspective on the stock market and the human dream of wealth, covering such topics as data mining, momentum investing, the Elliot Wave Theory, and Warren Buffet's fundamental analysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: Anticipating Others' Anticipations; title: Falling in Love with WorldCom; title: Being Right Versus Being Right About the Market; title: My Pedagogical Cruelty; title: Common Knowledge, Jealousy, and Market Sell-Offs; title: Fear, Greed, and Cognitive Illusions; title: Averaging Down or Catching a Falling Knife?; title: Emotional Overreactions and Homo Economicus; title: Behavioral Finance; title: Psychological Foibles, A List; title: Self-Fulfilling Beliefs and Data Mining; title: Rumors and Online Chatrooms; title: Pump and Dump, Short and Distort; title: Trends, Crowds, and Waves; title: Technical Analysis: Following the Followers; title: The Euro and the Golden Ratio; title: Moving Averages, Big Picture; title: Resistance and Support and All That; title: Predictability and Trends; title: Technical Strategies and Blackjack; title: Winning Through Losing?; title: Chance and Efficient Markets; title: Geniuses, Idiots, or Neither; title: Efficiency and Random Walks; title: Pennies and the Perception of Pattern; title: A Stock-Newsletter Scam; title: Decimals and Other Changes; title: Benford's Law and Looking Out for Number One; title: The Numbers Man; title: A Screen Treatment; title: Value Investing and Fundamental Analysis; title: e is the Root of All Money; title: The Fundamentalists' Creed: You Get What You Pay For; title: Ponzi and the Irrational Discounting of the Future; title: Average Riches, Likely Poverty; title: Fat Stocks, Fat People, and P/E; title: Contrarian Investing and the Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx; title: Accounting Practices, WorldCom's Problems; title: Options, Risk, and Volatility; title: Options and the Calls of the Wild; title: The Lure of Illegal Leverage; title: Short-Selling, Margin Buying, and Familial Finances; title: Are Insider Trading and Stock Manipulation so Bad?; title: Expected Value, Not Value Expected; title: What's Normal? Not Six Sigma; title: Diversifying Stock Portfolios; title: A Reminiscence and a Parable; title: Are Stocks Less Risky Than Bonds?; title: The St. Petersburg Paradox and Utility; title: Portfolios: Benefiting from the Hatfields and McCoys; title: Diversification and Politically Incorrect Funds; title: Beta; title: Is It Better?; title: Connectedness and Chaotic Price Movements; title: Insider Trading and Subterranean Information Processing; title: Trading Strategies, Whim, and Ant Behavior; title: Chaos and Unpredictability; title: Extreme Price Movements, Power Laws, and the Web; title: Economic Disparities and Media Disproportions; title: From Paradox to Complexity; title: The Paradoxical Efficient Market Hypothesis; title: The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Market; title: Pushing the Complexity Horizon; title: Game Theory and Supernatural Investor/Psychologists; title: Absurd Emails and the WorldCom Denouement.