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Old 03-26-2009, 01:59 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tisonlyi View Post
Well seriously, I wish you luck.

You might do well to read some of the books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Fooled by Randomness (from 2000 or so)
The Black Swan (from 2006, i think)

Not the only guy to dismantle rational markets recently, but I think you'll get a kick out of him.

He's a former quant, manager of hedge funds, etc.
Thanks, I can always use more bathroom literature.

Oh, I mean that in a good way, I do some of my best reading on...oh, you get the picture and I am happy to leave you with that impression.

I love TFP, we can go from market theory to French Impressionist to toilet humor in a matter of minutes.
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