First, disclosure: I am rather right wing, from the school of “take some of my income in taxes but otherwise leave me alone, please.” And as a general rule I believe that the Conservatives are the […]
The Money Formula: Dodgy Finance, Pseudo Science, and How Mathematicians Took Over the Markets OUT NOW!!! Explore the deadly elegance of finance’s hidden powerhouse The Money Formula takes you inside the engine room of the […]
The book we’ve been waiting for, the full story of Ed Thorp’s career in mathematics, science, gambling, and finance. An inspiration for us mortals. From Amazon: The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor […]
In August The Bank of England forecast growth in the UK in 2017 to be 0.8%. They have now adjusted that forecast to 2%. That’s a factor of 2.5. Accordingly our forecast of Mark Carney’s […]
Will Young leaving “Strictly Come Dancing” early has left a vacancy. We can report that Mark Carney is in line to be his replacement. The clues were all there. Was Mervyn King ever seen at a […]
Theresa May wants to bring back grammar schools. According to one poll 60% of the British public agree with this idea. If I’d been asked I would have been one of them. This idea, incidentally, […]
My upcoming talk at the Quant Insights conference, 14th October, London, will be “Algo My Way, You Go Your Way – Four Decades in Business.” More details about this conference can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quant-insights-conference-tickets-26514482531. Four […]
For the UK and wilmott.com it’s that once-in-a-generation moment. A new bathroom? No! While Mark Carney performs his fine balancing act of talking down the UK in order not to lose face while not actually causing too much harm […]
A big, big thank you from those of us who wanted out of the EU to: Lord Stuart Rose, leader of the Remain camp, for his timely confession David Cameron, for his forecast of imminent […]
Gosh, this is embarrassing. I seem to have done the double. This is a sequel to my blog from last year How I Successfully Forecast The Results Of The UK General Election. A few days […]
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