"In real-world Finance, they don't pay for elegance. They pay for power - predictive power."
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Chapter 13, Counterattack - The Second Wave, p. 129
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Robert Haugen
Robert (Bob) Arthur Haugen (June 26, 1942 – January 6, 2013) was a renowned professor of theoretical finance. He is currently retired from academics and is the president of Haugen Custom Financial Systems.
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