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Published Oct 23 2009 by J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ...


Mesdames et Messieurs, Faites vos Jeux...

Whether relative-value arbitrage is, as I think Myron Scholes once said, "using computers to suck up nickles on a global scale" or "using borrowed money to put a chip on 35 of the 36 roulette numbers and hoping for no zero/36" and in the long run profiting from the shield...

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...once said, "using computers to suck up nickles on a global scale" or "using borrowed...
Mesdames et Messieurs, Faites vos Jeux... [J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Oct 23 2009]
...global scale" or "using borrowed money to put a chip on 35 of the 36 roulette numbers and hoping for no zero/36" and in the long run...
Mesdames et Messieurs, Faites vos Jeux... [J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Oct 23 2009]
First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 2 Documents

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First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

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First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents
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First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents
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