Bill Benter Letter

William T Ziemba

Chapter 16 in The Adventures of a Modern Renaissance Academic in Investing and Gambling, 2017, pp 165-169 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The world’s most famous and successful race track better has been Bill Benter. Bill, like many successful hedge fund and other traders such as Ed Thorp, Blair Hull, Harry McPike and Bill Gross, started out their mathematics of gambling careers by becoming professional blackjack players. This training, involving fast-moving market play, taught them about risk and return and the preservation of capital and its growth over time…

Keywords: Financial History; Risk Management; Investment Strategies; Mean Reversion; Risk Arbitrage; Management of Assets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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