The “best money manager on earth” is a mathematician, says Debashis Basu

"T"he advantage scientists bring into the game is less their mathematical or computational skills than their ability to think scientifically. They are less likely to accept an apparent winning strategy that might be a mere statistical fluke” - Jim Simons, President, Renaissance Technologies

Can somebody who holds...

What has a statistical tool called multivariate analysis got to do with understanding where the stock market is headed, asks Debashis Basu

In the last issue, I initiated the thought that very little seems to have changed in the world of stock markets. Over the past 300 years of stock trading, there has not been much change in the main market elements: the issuers, instruments and reasons why...

In 300 years of human evolution, stock markets lagged behind other streams of activity. This awareness helps one to make successful investments, says Debashis Basu

When you buy a call option of Tisco, you are buying a financial instrument that has been in use for centuries of a company that is 90 years old, making a product that in some form or the other has been used by human beings for...