Re: Investing

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sun Jun 15 2003 - 09:40:49 MDT

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
    To: <extropians@extropy.org>
    Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 5:11 AM
    Subject: Re: Investing

    > Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
    > > Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
    > >
    > >> ### Specifically, if the distribution of gains is not the normal curve
    > >> (the
    > >> function of the number of traders plotted against the gains they
    > >> make), but
    > >> shows a skew, or a secondary peak, this would be strong evidence for
    the
    > >> existence of traders who really know better than others.
    > >
    > > Normal or Pareto?
    >
    > Hm... on further reflection, shouldn't it be log-normal?
    >
    >
    ### Say more?

    Rafal



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