2002 Math Numbers 
The Better Letter
MARCH 16, 2023
The maths are exactly the same. These sorts of math problems are the focus of this week’s TBL. Math Problems As this TBL goes live, just 16 games and one day of the NCAA Tournament are in the books, yet my bracket is a mess. We notice the unlikelihood of 100 in a row because of the pattern. Thanks for reading.
The Better Letter
MARCH 18, 2025
Nigl’s bracket finally went bust on game 50 (the third game on the second weekend) when three seed Purdue defeated number two Tennessee, 99-94, in overtime. And about 60 percent of national champions are one of the four number one seeds. A roulette wheel hitting the same number seven times in a row ( one in three billion ).
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The Big Picture
JANUARY 21, 2025
Barry Ritholtz : The the funny thing is, the behavioral aspect of mutual funds seems to have been when people finally learn about a manager who’s put up great numbers, by the time it makes to make makes it to Forbes, hey, most of that run is probably over and a little mean reversion is about to kick in. I did it in 2000, 2002.
The Better Letter
MARCH 14, 2024
And about 60 percent of national champions are one of the four number one seeds. A roulette wheel hitting the same number seven times in a row ( one in three billion ). Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly claimed the average college basketball fan has a far better chance of achieving bracket perfection than one in 9.2
Random Roger's Retirement Planning
DECEMBER 11, 2024
A 20% drop in managed futures that is leveraged to a 40% weight would have added another 800 basis points to the decline (simple math). The first from when I worked at Fisher Investments in 2002. I'd put an asterisk by the volatility number because of how little of the original capital was exposed to risk.
The Big Picture
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
And then in ‘94 and ’98, you know, all had a different stream to 2002. And like I say, that’s part of why it’s translated to a number of people coming to BlackRock and be with me today. RIEDER: So I had known Larry Fink and Rob Caputo, our CEO and president, for a number of years. So yeah, man, that was the idea.
Brown Advisory
JUNE 16, 2022
We remain highly dubious of price-to-earnings ratios as a proxy for value given earnings can be distorted by “creative” accounting and the measure embeds a range of factors into a single number. Maths has a long half-life and a DCF correctly done accounts for inflation. GAAP in 2002 7. We inherently prefer actual cash flow.
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