Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 06:21 in Mathematics & Economics

Researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis. The study by John Coates and Lionel Page of the University of Cambridge offers a rare glimpse into how biology, experience and compensation schemes work together to make a profitable and - crucially - a prudent risk taker.

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