The Kelly Capital Growth Investment Criterion

By Leonard C Maclean (editor), Edward O Thorp (editor), William T Ziemba (editor)

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This volume provides the definitive treatment of fortune's formula or the Kelly capital growth criterion as it is often called. The strategy is to maximize long run wealth of the investor by maximizing the period by period expected utility of wealth with a logarithmic utility function. Mathematical theorems show that…

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John M. Mulvey

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Ed Thorp is one of the most successful quantitative investors of all time. He proved the advantages of a systematic approach to take advantage of special edges that occur from time to time in markets and even games of chance – such as card counting in Blackjack.

The underlying strategy is to maximize the expected log of capital – sometimes called the growth optimal or Kelly strategy. This strategy has multiple benefits but can suffer from limitations – as reviewed in this book – including the chances of large drawdown during shorter time periods.

Still, the growth optimal strategy provides an…

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