Books : A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market

by: John Allen Paulos  Average Rating:

Rating: - Funny and Fun
What prompted me to pick up a copy of "A Mathematician Plays The Market" was an interesting posting on Fundoo Professor blog, entitled "Cheaters Causes Crashes". That post had an excerpt from this delightful little book (only 200 pages) written by John Allen Paulos, Professor of Mathematics at Temple University, Philadelphia.
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Rating: - Valentine's Day Gift
All I can say about this book is that, after I own it I immediately gave it to my girl friend as a Valentine's Day gift!

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Rating: - Very useful and above all, true
Technical traders will hate this book. The will give it one star. If you are willing to face the truth, however, Paulos can help you, enlighten you, and entertain you at the same time. He can help you in part because he is a mathematician who understands his material, and in part because he nevertheless could not apply these principles to his own neophyte fiasco with WorldCom. I never bought WCOM -- I'm a long-term value investor who emphasizes product vision. Of course, if everybody invested ... Read More