I am pleased to announce that wilmott.com has become a Founder Member of the Free Speech Union, freespeechunion.org. Taken from their website: Free speech is the bedrock on which all our other freedoms rest, yet it is currently […]
Let me start out by saying that this post is not for anyone who might be reading it. Or if there are a few of you for whom it resonates I bet you haven’t let […]
I saw a news story recently saying something like there are more germs on your iPhone than on a toilet seat. From which we conclude what? We are told to conclude that this is really […]
Where do you keep your offshore money? The media is all upset about celebs, politicians, etc. having money in various offshore places, in order to avoid taxes. Naturally, and totally expectedly, this is very hypocritical […]
Listen to Barry Ritholtz interview Paul Wilmott about quantitative finance, mathematical modelling, reputational risk, Tom Cruise, JK Rowling, Billy Jones and the ukulele, among many other things: Here
Boris Johnson, Yanis Varoufakis and Sir Vince Cable all have something in common…. All three have been in the news lately with their interpretations of events surrounding Brexit and the Negotiations. You’d think that three […]
Paul recently gave a talk in downtown Manhattan about his new book, co-authored with David Orrell, The Money Formula. Other topics get dragged in along the way… To say that the talk is wide ranging […]
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 […]
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