Enzolangellotti

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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
The level of commitment behind those orders is literally that of a mailing list, there is no deposit. That's bad reporting right there.
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
So, a tensor is kind of a Rubik Cube shaped matrix?
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
The Market Wizards series is great. I've just finished Hedge Fund market wizards. Niederhoffer's the education of a speculator is another great read.
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
Yeah, in a certain sense it's a lot like mathematics. You try your hand, perhaps you get it right the first time, more often than not you don't but at least you learn something out of it.
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
Don't worry, I've been living with the feeling for a long time ;)
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
I just checked a public library nearby and it occurs they might have a copy, thanks for the suggestion!
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
Amazon keeps recommending Realm of Racket (No Starch press). I'm checking your link and finding it useful, thank you!
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
Thank you, I guess trying won't hurt, nobody has ever regretted learning anything after all. As for feeling discouraged, being stupid (in various degrees) is part of the learning process I believe. Couldn't say I'm learning
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
Thank you! I fond the sneak peeks of number theory, algebra, probability, combinatorics and graph theory I've had so far to be quite enjoyable. But keep in mind my run with geometry hasn't gone past Euclid (the illustrated ver
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by Enzolangellotti 11y ago
Would you advise Haskell to someone who has just started programming (working on Learning Python the hard way) and is interested in learning mathematics (from the high school level onwards)? P.S. I want to study algorithms too but I&#x27
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
Yeah, it reads like that kind of prose only a machine would write. Perhaps they were deliberately abstruse. One thing is certain, those guys are in dire need of an editor.
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
Get Jon Duckett's books. http://www.amazon.com/Jon-Duckett/e/B001IR3Q7I
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
A)Because with 160bln you're the market; B) Change the point of view from the retail investor to the pension fund, funds have a very narrow and constrained mandate, they need to hedge risks and deal with the increasing negative cash
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
> The idea was that after 4-5 years you leave for a buy-side gig (hedge funds, private equity) that pay you the same or more ($1-5M in your early to mid-30s) but with more reasonable hours. That idea is now a myth, only a handful of wal
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
In addition, get Israel Gelfand's books ( http://gcpm.rutgers.edu/books.html ).
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
Ah, Russell. I've always been put off by people complaining about his somewhat pedantic approach. I guess I'll give it a try. Thank you.
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
Care to share the title?
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
Yeah, that was such a powerful scene, though it wasn't an airport but the lobby of the Istanbul Hilton. We shared the same reaction.
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
How can the stock market be zero sum. What about dividends?
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by Enzolangellotti 12y ago
There is a fun chapter on this topic in Jordan Ellenberg's latest book "How not to be wrong". It's called the "Baltimore stockbroker fraud".