Comments on: Can Monkeys Pick Stocks Better than Experts?

By: When Kiwisaver is dumb - Boutique Financial Blog

When Kiwisaver is dumb - Boutique Financial Blog — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:45:28 +0000

[...] Monkey's" (not necessarily real life furry ones) choosing investments by throwing darts are often more successful than [...]

By: Asset Allocation Vs. Stock Picking & Market Timing

Asset Allocation Vs. Stock Picking & Market Timing — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:22:29 +0000

[...] the Wall St. Journal "Monkey vs. Professional" stock picking contest? I think the pros won, but it was no resounding [...]

By: Gaming Under Adverse Weather and Other Serious Conditions | DM Fiat

Gaming Under Adverse Weather and Other Serious Conditions | DM Fiat — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:20:41 +0000

[...] can be tricky to prepare for, since weathermen have about the same tendency to correctly predict them as monkeys throwing darts at the wall stock market “experts.” But don’t let that dissuade you! Leave that to the lightning, thunder, and [...]

By: Conceptos de Capital Privado - Top Quartile Performance | Kapital Privado

Conceptos de Capital Privado - Top Quartile Performance | Kapital Privado — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:20:52 +0000

[...] En su libro A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Burton Malkiel afirma que un chango con los ojos vendados que aventara dardos a la página financiera de un periódico podría construir un portafolio de acciones que tuviera un desempeño comparable al de un portafolio seleccionado cuidadosamente por expertos. De hecho, el Wall Street Journal hizo el ejercicio en 1988. Este artículo describe los resultados de la popular sección Los Dardos contra Los Expertos. [...]

By: Gary E. Porter

Gary E. Porter — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:16:00 +0000

I can tell you who won. See my research paper titled "The Long-Term Value of Analysts' Advice in the Wall Street Journal's Investment Dartboard Contest" at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=670404.

By: Silencing “Voice of the Customer” is Key to Your Success | Drew McInnes

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:21:45 +0000

[...] result, 80% of our new products and services fail. Sadly, we’d have a better chance at success as blindfolded monkeys throwing darts at financial pages of newspapers to beat stock pickers. At least, we’d win 40% of the [...]

By: Prove di democrazia diretta | Witizen

Prove di democrazia diretta | Witizen — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:34:44 +0000

[...] se le scimmie possono battere le previsioni degli uomini e gli uomini comuni possono far meglio dei geni, perché la democrazia diretta dovrebbe esser [...]

By: Apostar na bolsa? Só se não perceber nada é que vale a pena | Associação Antecipar

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:09:43 +0000

[...] Veja como o Wall Street Journal descobriu que um grupo de macacos que escolhem ao acaso acções para comprar fizeram consistentemente melhor do que um grupo de especialistas. Veja aqui. [...]

By: Kellen

Kellen — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:02:08 +0000

This story is one of the cornerstones of my investing philosphy. I believe the only reason to go out and buy individual stocks is if you actually enjoy the process of tracking them and picking them (rather than the process of earning money off of them.) Personally, I enjoy checking the daily fluctuations of my low-cost mutual funds without having to make too many decisions about when to buy or sell!

By: Var skeptisk och lita bara på dig själv « Guldbyxan – vägen till miljonen

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:08:04 +0000

[...] knega på ett nio till fem-jobb i Knäckebröhults sparbank. Det har till och med visat sig att apor som kastar pil på en börstavla i längden gör bättre ifrån sig än professionella [...]