109: Edward Thorp – The Man Who Beat the Dealer, and Later, Beat the Market

109: Edward Thorp – The Man Who Beat the Dealer, and Later, Beat the Market

I’m not sure how to best say this, but Edward Thorp, is kind of a big deal… Not only in the world of financial markets, but he’s also a household name amongst the gambling scene. He’s the man who beat the dealer, and later, beat the market. It was during the late-50’s and early-60’s, when Ed, a math genius and professor at MIT, took on the challenge of discovering a way to get an edge playing gambling games such as blackjack, roulette and baccarat. Long story short; Ed won—and he’s now considered the father of card counting. From there, the next obvious move for Ed was to take on financial markets—which he also did with a great degree of success. His first hedge fund, Princeton Newport Partners, achieved an annualized return of 19.1% (before fees) over a 19-year period, with 227 of 230 months being profitable—the worst monthly loss being less than 1%. Ed’s most recent book, A Man For All Markets, is now available on Amazon. -- Sponsored by TradeStation.com – The online broker for professional market monitoring tools, an award-winning platform and low trading costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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140: Jimmy Soni – The Life and Times of Genius Problem Solver, Claude Shannon

140: Jimmy Soni – The Life and Times of Genius Problem Solver, Claude Shannon

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139: Bobby Cho – Making Way for the 'Whales' of Cryptocurrency Markets

139: Bobby Cho – Making Way for the 'Whales' of Cryptocurrency Markets

Bobby Cho is a cryptocurrency trader at Cumberland Mining—which is a company of DRW Trading. Ever since getting involved in financial markets, during 2008, he has gravitated towards mostly illiquid/di...

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138: Kevin Muir – In Search of the Next Great Trade—with The Macro Tourist

138: Kevin Muir – In Search of the Next Great Trade—with The Macro Tourist

During the 90’s, Kevin Muir was a proprietary derivatives trader for RBC Dominion Securities. In 2000, Kevin branched out to begin trading independently, and since 2014, he’s been writing a daily blog...

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137: Dr. William Ziemba – The Horse Bettor Exploiting Anomalies in Financial Markets

137: Dr. William Ziemba – The Horse Bettor Exploiting Anomalies in Financial Markets

Dr. William Ziemba’s an academic, a practitioner, gambler, trader and an author. He’s worked with and consulted to many well-respected names in the field, such as; Edward Thorp, Blair Hull and the ver...

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136: Mike Agne – Take Care of the Short Term; Take Care of the Long Term

136: Mike Agne – Take Care of the Short Term; Take Care of the Long Term

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135: Sheelah Kolhatkar – How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions

135: Sheelah Kolhatkar – How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions

Sheelah Kolhatkar is a writer at the The New Yorker, who was previously a journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek, and prior to that, a hedge fund analyst. She’s also the author of New York Times bestsel...

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134: BTCVIX – Bitcoin: The Magic Internet Money You Can No Longer Ignore

134: BTCVIX – Bitcoin: The Magic Internet Money You Can No Longer Ignore

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133: James King – Using Sports Science to Stack Probability in Favor of Trading Success

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