Comments on: Beware Hindsight in Investing Strategies http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:07:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mbhunter http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html/comment-page-1#comment-197349 mbhunter Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:37:27 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html#comment-197349 Traders back-test their methods all the time. It would be unwise for them not to. Any method can fall apart at any time, of course, but it's unlikely that future events are totally uncorrelated with past events, as in the roulette example. Traders back-test their methods all the time. It would be unwise for them not to. Any method can fall apart at any time, of course, but it’s unlikely that future events are totally uncorrelated with past events, as in the roulette example.

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html/comment-page-1#comment-197309 fivecentnickel.com Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:22:11 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html#comment-197309 Dang, JLP, he highlighted your post and linked to you. Why so snotty? Dang, JLP, he highlighted your post and linked to you. Why so snotty?

]]> By: JLP http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html/comment-page-1#comment-197001 JLP Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:50:31 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html#comment-197001 Kurt, Sorry. I was talking to Jim. Kurt,

Sorry. I was talking to Jim.

]]> By: kurt http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html/comment-page-1#comment-196999 kurt Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:37:43 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html#comment-196999 Why do you say that? Seems like an odd thing to say. Just trying to help. Why do you say that? Seems like an odd thing to say.

Just trying to help.

]]> By: JLP http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html/comment-page-1#comment-196975 JLP Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:56:51 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html#comment-196975 Oops. I guess I should have run my post by you first before I published it. Oops. I guess I should have run my post by you first before I published it.

]]> By: Kurt http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html/comment-page-1#comment-196954 Kurt Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:45:18 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/beware-hindsight-in-investing-strategies.html#comment-196954 Correct. I can understand the idea behind doing your own sector weightings (trying to limit exposure to a given area) but the type of analysis that you used as a straw man, is not the reason. Correct. I can understand the idea behind doing your own sector weightings (trying to limit exposure to a given area) but the type of analysis that you used as a straw man, is not the reason.

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