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Re:A ragtag band of internet friends became the best at fore... by danielmarkbruce on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @10:58AM (#39692005)
Aren't you just itching to see if you can do it against the hottest competition on the planet? Ie, and I mean this with respect - financial markets are the major leagues of prediction - it feels a little bit like you are playing in the minor leagues. And it's not just a chest beating exercise - you guys appear genuine and to want to push forward the science/art of prediction. But if you can't beat the current best, you aren't state of the art, let alone able to push things forward. You might be pushing things backwards.

fwiw, it appears you'd have a decent chance. You guys seem to have an extreme level of objectivity and rationality. There is a lot of domain knowledge required to bet on say, healthcare stocks or whatever, but maybe too much domain knowledge harms rather than hurts.

Re:A ragtag band of internet friends became the best at fore... by rokkitmensch on Saturday March 16, 2024 @12:39AM (#39723443)
this

Naively, if any of the predictions could be made +EV accounting for time preference, the boffins' predictions should have been mirrored into the market to someone's profit.

I remain unconvinced that they're not merely very lucky, the same way that some hedge fund operators or day traders are lucky.