http://alephblog.com/2008/04/26/book-review-beating-the-market-3-months-at-a-time/ Helping Institutions and Ordinary People Invest Better by Focusing on Risk Control Fri, 25 May 2012 21:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://alephblog.com/2008/04/26/book-review-beating-the-market-3-months-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-17507 Bill aka NO DooDahs! Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:22:33 +0000 http://alephblog.com/?p=665#comment-17507 <a href="http://www.billakanodoodahs.com/2007/10/why-mechanical-trading-systems-will-always-work/" rel="nofollow">Why mechanical systems will always work.</a> Why mechanical systems will always work.

]]> http://alephblog.com/2008/04/26/book-review-beating-the-market-3-months-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-17505 Tom Fisher Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:19:39 +0000 http://alephblog.com/?p=665#comment-17505 David, the thing that I find intriguing about books like this is that if, as you note, a significant number of people followed the system proposed it would cease to work. Perhaps I'm too cynical, but if someone truly has a world-beating system for investing, surely it would be more lucrative to keep it a secret and invest like crazy with it rather than to write a book about it and kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Any thoughts on this? David, the thing that I find intriguing about books like this is that if, as you note, a significant number of people followed the system proposed it would cease to work. Perhaps I’m too cynical, but if someone truly has a world-beating system for investing, surely it would be more lucrative to keep it a secret and invest like crazy with it rather than to write a book about it and kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Any thoughts on this?

]]> http://alephblog.com/2008/04/26/book-review-beating-the-market-3-months-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-17504 Paul in Kansas City Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:27:25 +0000 http://alephblog.com/?p=665#comment-17504 I'm enjoying "Wall Street, A History" by Charles Geisst. I think reading about past market chaos puts a little perspective on what's going in today's world. I’m enjoying “Wall Street, A History” by Charles Geisst. I think reading about past market chaos puts a little perspective on what’s going in today’s world.

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