On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 6:15 PM Jose Mario Quintana <[email protected]> wrote: > "I'll retract Musk as an example, and offer Jeff Bezos instead." > > Bezos (or Musk) as some form of the EMH counterexample?
As a counterexample to the idea that the market can't be beat. I was specifically looking for people who did more than just invest -- who actively attempted to add value to the investment process. There are plenty of smaller examples of this, but this discussion hasn't progressed to the point where I feel motivated digging up the relevant details about those. > Instead, I would like to offer the record of an incredibly talented young > woman who fearlessly traded futures commodity markets for just ten months > and produced an unbelievable 9900% return! Then she closed her account and > turned her full attention to an arena that was closer to her heart. > > Needless to say that she achieved great success there as well; > unfortunately, recently she tried to emulate her husband and get the > highest prize but she fell short causing sorrow to a majority and joy to a > minority (although some still think that it is not over until it is over). > > An account of her amazing trading feat can be found at, > > https://www.rcmalternatives.com/2016/03/the-history-of-hillary-clinton-trading-futures/ There's so many unique and all-too-often contradictory stories floating around about politicians, that I prefer to not use them as examples. Also, from that story fragment, it's not clear whether she was injecting value into the financial system... but I guess the system is inefficient enough that that's not always the critical issue. Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
