Peter ElstonMay 31, 20195 min readStatistics and ScienceEdge, Paradox, Bravery and the Stock MarketI have written in the past about the Kelly Betting Criterion, named after the Bell Laboratory researcher John L. Kelly. In short, ‘the...
Peter ElstonFeb 1, 20184 min readInvestingHow Investors Often Make Bad Mistakes En MasseHaving now written two series of articles exclusively for Trustnet on the subjects of ‘investment risk’ and ‘value investing’, I now turn...
Peter ElstonJan 1, 20074 min readPaying the Price of OverconfidencePoor decision-making is largely to blame for the dreadful returns realised by US mutual fund investors. That is the conclusion of the...
Where's My Cycle?An update on where I think we are in the business cycle with respect to growth, inflation and markets