觀點投資

Investment and betting require similar skills — and luck
投資與賭博有界限嗎?


作家庫哈爾斯基:運氣與技巧、賭博與投資的界限,並不是由行業或行爲決定的,而是由行爲人以及對手是誰決定的。

When I was a PhD student, I would get emails about companies looking to hire mathematicians. Most were engineering firms or banks but occasionally something else appeared. One firm described itself as a “sports research consultancy”. Details were sparse, but it seemed to be searching for people with advanced statistical knowledge — and an interest in the gambling industry.

博士時,我時常會收到企業招聘數學家的郵件。多數都是工程公司或銀行,但是偶爾也會出現特別一點的。有一家公司將自己描述爲「體育研究諮詢公司」。具體情況說得非常簡略,但是當時它在找的,似乎是掌握高級統計知識並對博彩行業感興趣的人。

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