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16 Feb

Algocracy: Rule or government by algorithm

by Barry Ritholtz
Wordspy’s WOTD is Algocracy:     I would suggest that Wall Street is much closer in its path to becoming an Algocracy...

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5 Jan

Numberphile: James Simons

by Barry Ritholtz
James Harris Simons has been described as “the world’s smartest billionaire”, amassing a fortune through the clever use...

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20 Dec

How not to be ignorant about the world

by Barry Ritholtz
How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an...

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27 Oct

Polling Errors and Other Noisy Data Series

by Barry Ritholtz
Salil Mehta has been writing about polling error, and while I don’t always reach the same conclusions he does, I find his work...

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13 Oct

Use Math Words!

by Barry Ritholtz
This entire post by Sarah Cooper is brilliant: How to Use Math Words to Sound Smart:   click for full list Source: Medium  

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3 Jul

Jim Simons: The Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street

by Barry Ritholtz
Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the...

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19 May

Trump’s Voter-Math Challenge

by Barry Ritholtz
The WSJ looks at the swing state challenges facing the Donald:   Source: WSJ

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19 Apr

Low Productivity Driven By Less Competition?

by Barry Ritholtz
I have written about the productivity paradox previously.  Perhaps thats why I found this discussion by Torsten Sløk so intriguing. He...

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1 Mar

How Soon Will the Nominations be Clinched?

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: WSJ

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27 Feb

MiB: Emanuel Derman

by Barry Ritholtz
In our latest Masters in Business podcast, we speak with quant and financial engineer Emanuel Derman. One of the first high-energy...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is the co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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