http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/05/alpha-shop/ A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/05/alpha-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-340 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » The Best Business Model - Ever Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:07:14 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/05/alpha-shop/#comment-340 [...] Ineichen goes on to explain that the “fools” to which he refers are really just players behaving uneconomically. Â  Calling casinos the “second best business model ever”, he raises a point that is central to the argument that alpha actually exists.  He says casino gambling losers aren’t really “losers” after all since they benefit from a “form of entertainment and sensation”. Regular readers will recognize this as being similar to the arguments put forth by Max Darnell and others to explain why alpha might be somewhat immortal.  [...] [...] Ineichen goes on to explain that the “fools” to which he refers are really just players behaving uneconomically. Â  Calling casinos the “second best business model ever”, he raises a point that is central to the argument that alpha actually exists.  He says casino gambling losers aren’t really “losers” after all since they benefit from a “form of entertainment and sensation”. Regular readers will recognize this as being similar to the arguments put forth by Max Darnell and others to explain why alpha might be somewhat immortal.  [...]

]]> http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/05/alpha-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-69 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » New Inductees into the “Portable Alpha Hall of Fame” Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:22:49 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/05/alpha-shop/#comment-69 [...] Alpha Shop (Max Darnell, CIO, First Quadrant): for raising some interesting, somewhat philosophical, questions about whether skill-based managers who employ screening techniques actually produce a form of beta, not true alpha. [...] [...] Alpha Shop (Max Darnell, CIO, First Quadrant): for raising some interesting, somewhat philosophical, questions about whether skill-based managers who employ screening techniques actually produce a form of beta, not true alpha. [...]

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