The United States has the most sophisticated financial markets in the world, which does not leave much room to maneuver. But it also offers investors the greatest access to information and the ability to execute trades quickly and efficiently. So it is a mixed bag of opportunity.

Andrew Lo

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Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and inves... by Andrew Lo

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

probability-theory risk management

Great investors need to have the right combination of intuition, business sense and investment talent.

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Labor is getting more expensive and technology is getting cheaper... by Andrew Lo

Labor is getting more expensive and technology is getting cheaper.

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The risks facing hedge funds are non-linear and more complex than those facing traditional asset classessuch risks are currently not widely appreciated or well-understood

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Economists suffer from a deep psychological disorder that I call 'physics envy'. We wish that 99 percent of economic behavior could be captured by three simple laws of nature. In fact, economists have 99 laws that capture 3 percent of behavior. Economics is a uniquely human endeavor.

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Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of... by Andrew Lo

Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism.

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While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear.

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Many of us like to think of financial economics as a science, but complex events like the financial crisis suggest that this conceit may be more wishful thinking than reality.

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My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an e... by Andrew Lo

My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, What can I do?

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We didn't want to be part of a big bank or insurance company. We did not want to be overwhelmed and we wanted to be free of any conflicts, we wanted a relationship that allowed us to run the company and build the company from the start.

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I think it's a very good investment, our marketing strategy is that we will become the entertainment hub of the Danang and Hoi An area.

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After Occupy, (Hong Kong people) started to be nervous about the... by Andrew Lo

After Occupy, (Hong Kong people) started to be nervous about the future.

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Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician's aide engaged in heart surgery.

own good heart people

I don't entirely reject the idea of efficient markets. It needs u... by Andrew Lo

I don't entirely reject the idea of efficient markets. It needs updating.

markets idea efficient needs

The adaptive markets hypothesis says that all economic institutions, like our own species, develop and change over time, depending on the population of investors that are engaged with them.

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During periods of extreme fear or greed, you don't have the proper balance between those two to generate market efficiency and you get extremes in behavior.

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If you rank the top 50 one-day moves in the S&P 500, a fair number of those happened within the last five or 10 years. That tells you that we're in a different, riskier market now.

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What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties, particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table, and no matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8.

childhood mathematics learning matter

If we are able to allow people to earn a decent rate of return, with sufficient scale, we can all do well by doing good.

doing good doing-good people

Some people might say, 'Can we afford it?' I think that's asking the wrong question... We should instead be asking, 'Can we really afford not to try?'

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