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Re: exwannabe post# 88475

Monday, 01/04/2010 8:18:40 PM

Monday, January 04, 2010 8:18:40 PM

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Mainly it us just a matter of maximizing your variance.

That’s an important consideration, especially in a contest involving a large number of participants (as you noted). A simpler and equally valid rationale for the {20%x4, 5%x4} allocation in the SI contest is that you want to give the maximum possible weight to your best investment ideas.


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