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A Mathematician and His Money . . .
Give a Mathematician a Portfolio and a Computer, and Certain Questions are Bound to be Investigated:
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Does the annual yield reported to me accurately reflect my actual earnings?
Hypothetical Mutual Fund
What the Dow Jones Index Fund Reports to you:
Probably Not
The Good, the Bad,
And the Ugly
How do the final balances compare?
The Math Behind the Numbers
And it Gets Worse
How do the performances of various investment strategies compare?
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Comparison of Effective Annual Yields
Is there a “natural frequency” for dollar-cost averaging? Is there a best day of the month or week for fixed investing?
In the Short Term (1998):
And in the Long Term (1969-1998):
Where To From Here?
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Author: Dr. Paul Sisson
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