Un matematico gioca in Borsa

Somewhat entertaining, but about half the book is anecdotes that have been published many many times by many others. That leaves about 101 pages that are original. I think he makes a number of mistakes in trying to understand the stock market. P64 He compares stock prices to flipping a coin, a coin has Leggi tutto

What's really interesting about other people's reviews of this book is that they seem to expect a book on the stock market from a mathematician to be somehow be based in finance. There are plenty of books on the stock market out there... that do so from a finance point of view. This book is pretty bri Leggi tutto

Interesante, y ameno al principio... luego sigue interesante hasta el final, pero se va enrevesando y haciendo cada vez más técnico (a nivel económico-bursátil y matemático), haciendo más farragosa y menos amena su lectura. Por otra parte, creo que su mensaje está claro ya desde sus primeras páginas, Leggi tutto

Entertaining but not really enlightening

Wow. What a weird book. Paulos seems to be writing a glorified journal, since the only suitable audience for this book are people exactly like Paulos before he began heavily investing in Worldcom. Who else would both like math enough to want read a book about it and have almost no knowledge of basic Leggi tutto

I had some insights, but not surprising being a complete layman in the field. Not recommended if you already know something about the stock market, and definitely not if you can't stand it that basic mathematical and statistical facts and calculations are being drawn out endlessly.

I am a big fan of John Allen Paulos: he makes math easy to understand, and has an entertaining writing style. Because of the publication date, some of the examples in this book (WorldComm) are dated, but the basic principles still apply.

John Allen Paulos [JP] es un matemático que ha escrito fantásticos libros de divulgación de las matemáticas, que recomiendo en bloque. Si encuentran alguno, léanlo. No se arrepentirán. En los 90, JP fue una más de las víctimas de las puntocom. Su experiencia al quedar casi arruinado le llevó a escri Leggi tutto

Me he quedado igual... 🤯 Apoyado en la estadística, el mismo acaba diciendo que es factible aplicarla mal y que puede pasar cualquier cosa 🤭. Y para muestra un botón, su fiasco con Worldcom, que no para de nombrarlo en todo el libro. Tuvo que serle bastante traumático. Así que ojo👁️, que aunque se pu Leggi tutto

Funny, self-effacing, and just a terrific read Since Professor Paulos delights in paradoxes it is appropriate that a paradox lies at the heart of this very fine book. He does indeed play the stock market, but how well and using what kind of strategy? Ironically Paulos's personal tale is one of obsess Leggi tutto