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Fortune's Formula
William Poundstone

This book is about Kelly's criterion developed in 1956 by two scientists (John Kelly Jr. and Claude Shannon) at Bell Labs for the transmission of information over copper wires but who immediately realized its application to gaming and investing. Many more professional gamblers used the formula than investors. One investor Edward Thorpe used it both to beat the casino's and as a hedge fund manager to beat the market. …

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