Adaptive Markets

Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought

Andrew Lo

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Princeton University Press
22 July 2019

Economics & Business; Economic theory & philosophy; Economic forecasting; Behavioural economics; Investment & securities

A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behaviorHalf of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists believe. The debate is one of the biggest in economics, and the value or futility of investment management and financial regulation hangs on the answer. In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Lo transforms the debate with a powerful new framework in which rationality and irrationality coexist-the Adaptive Markets Hypothesis. Drawing on psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and other fields, Adaptive Markets shows that the theory of market efficiency is incomplete. When markets are unstable, investors react instinctively, creating inefficiencies for others to exploit. Lo's new paradigm explains how financial evolution shapes behavior and markets at the speed of thought-a fact revealed by swings between stability and crisis, profit and loss, and innovation and regulation. An ambitious new answer to fundamental questions about economics and investing, Adaptive Markets is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how markets really work.

By: Andrew Lo
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691191362
ISBN 10: 0691191360
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 22 July 2019
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew W. Lo is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering. He is the author of Hedge Funds and the coauthor of A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street (both Princeton), among other books.

Reviews for Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought

oeA convincing argument. The Economist oeA fascinating read, cogently situating financial behaviour within what we know about human behaviour and evolutionary history. Diane Coyle, Nature oeLo (TM)s book offers a unique way to think about the idea of ~efficient markets (TM) a new hypothesis worth considering about how markets can be rational and irrational at the same time. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times oe[A] remarkable new book. . . . [Lo (TM)s] insights should allow investors and regulators alike to manage risks better. They should read it. John Authers, Financial Times