Monday, June 17, 2013

"What Playboy Playmates can teach you about making accurate predictions"

From Barking up the Wrong Tree:
accurate predictions

In 2006 ten Playboy Playmates were asked to make stock picks.

Half the Playmates beat the S&P 500 while less than a third of professional money managers were able to.
Via The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing:
In 2006, Tradingmarkets, a company that helps people trade stocks, asked ten Playboy Playmates to select five stocks each. The idea was to see if they could beat the market. The winner was Deanna Brooks, Playmate of the Month in May 1998....
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Previously on the Playboy channel:
Mining: "Sex with Playboy model in bribe allegation"
"A Playboy Model and Nanoscale Printing"
From Post-coital Squid to High-res Playboy Bunnies: The IT in 2012 Quiz
Of Playboy Playmates and 'Genius' Visas
Now back to Ben Bernanke news.