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Old 03-26-2009, 01:47 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Well seriously, I wish you luck.

You might do well to read some of the books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Fooled by Randomness (from 2000 or so)
The Black Swan (from 2006, i think)

Not the only guy to dismantle rational markets recently, but I think you'll get a kick out of him.

He's a former quant, manager of hedge funds, etc.
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