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Tag: Physics

  • The S&P 500 Myth

    The S&P 500 Myth

    Abstract The nearly USD 50 trillion passive investment management industry has grown over the last 50 years primarily based on the claim that 9 out of 10 Asset managers can’t beat the market, net of fees over a 5-year rolling period. This claim assumes that the S&P 500 has a superior methodology that is unassailable.…

  • The [3N] Model of Life

    The [3N] Model of Life

    Schrödinger’s, “What is Life?” asked questions around the functioning of life and how Nature extracted order from disorder relentlessly. This paper illustrates a [3N] model of life which attempts to reconcile the conflict between Quantum and Newtonian states and explains how Nature overcomes the challenges of the second law of thermodynamics using a perpetual motion…

  • How Physics Solved Your Wealth Problem!

    How Physics Solved Your Wealth Problem!

    While Robert Solow suggested not to think of Economics as Science [1], Andrew Lo warned us about the dangers of using Physics to build economic systems [2]. Physics has been a late entrant to the world of Finance.