Re: Securities analysis

2002-04-04 Thread Francois-Rene Rideau
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:16:54AM +0530, Koushik S wrote: Those who believe that the jury is still out on efficient markets hypothesis Efficient as compared to what? To a utopia you dream of? Or to the kind of government intervention we can see happens? As a practising value investor, I see

Re: Securities analysis

2002-04-04 Thread Kevin Sachs
At 11:16 AM 4/4/2002 +0530, you wrote: Hence it is very difficult for me to understand how people can believe Efficient Markets Hypothesis especially when its assumptions are so flawed ( rational people, no information asymmetry !). I am never able to understand why there is so still so much

Re: Securities analysis

2002-04-04 Thread Alex Tabarrok
There are actually two issues 1) Is the market efficient? and 2) Can someone, using public information, systematically earn higher returns than those on a suitably risk-adjusted market basket? These issues are related but they are not the same. If the market is efficient the answer to

re : securities analysis

2002-04-04 Thread Koushik S
Title: Blank The specific article ( Super Investors of Graham and Dodd'sville) Imentioned gives the case study of five or six of Benjamin Graham's discipleswho have outperformed the market over a significantly long period of time.While Buffett has hogged the limelight but there are many

RE: Securities analysis

2002-04-04 Thread Michael Etchison
The (stock) market might, at least as a matter of initial heuristics, be assumed to be efficient. But only insofar as _risk_ is concerned. One can imagine, that is, that the price of a share of GM not only has in mind all the known data about GM -- including what to make of all the

re : securities analysis

2002-04-04 Thread Kevin Sachs
At 11:48 PM 4/4/2002 +0530, you wrote: The real question is whether the hypothesis should be built on the underperformance of the majority or on the outperformance of the minority (if it is strongly clustered) More specifically, the question is whether the overperformance of the minority

Panic Room

2002-04-04 Thread Bryan Caplan
David Fincher's new movie *Panic Room* may be the finest artistic expression of game theory around. Beautiful illustrations of commitment problems, subgame perfection, focal points, backwards induction... And its pure entertainment. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan

Re: Margarine - silly business regulations

2002-04-04 Thread Krist van Besien
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 15:24, you wrote: Margarine is a blend of fats and oils, including vegetable oil. The content varies from stick to stick. I'm not sure if there is any actual butter in it. As an aside, in Holland, any fat you spread on your bread is called butter nowadays. Even

Panic Room and Beautiful Mind

2002-04-04 Thread fabio guillermo rojas
Talking about game theory movies - does anyone remember if the game depicted in Beuatiful Mind accurately capture the Nash eq? Fabio David Fincher's new movie *Panic Room* may be the finest artistic expression of game theory around. Beautiful illustrations of commitment problems, subgame

philosophy of information (was Re: Securities exchanges shutdowns )

2002-04-04 Thread Gustavo Lacerda \(home\)
- Original Message - From: Robin Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 7:47 PM Subject: Re: Securities exchanges shutdowns Alex Tabarrok wrote: Yes, in 1968 the exchange closed on Wednesday's in order to deal with backlog. French and Roll