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Lawrence C. Evans

Lawrence C. Evans

American mathematician and professor

Jun 22, 2026

3:24
So you have a continuum.
3:26
The question that I was keen and I'm still fascinated by is where on that continuum would an investment team or an individual investor sit? And how would I find out? And that was something I wrestled with for a long time.
3:44
And I was getting nowhere until I asked help from my former physics professors.
3:51
And they said, look, whilst we don't understand investing, we'll give it some thought.
3:55
And they came back sometime later with a very interesting statement, which said, if you can deliberately lose at any given activity, it is by definition majority skill.
4:08
And, of course, could Rafael Nadal have deliberately lost a French Open final? Of course.

18 MINS LATER

22:15
nice so you say you need to know who you are and you need to know your rules consciously does this tend to be universally accepted
17:22
It's just how you understand your own attitude for risk and how you show up to be the best with your own risk persona.
17:31
Spot on.
17:32
When discussing risk, perhaps, let's set the scene as to what we mean.
17:37
Um, in investing, I believe there are two types of risk.
17:41
There are, there is objective risk, which is, you know, we get on a plane and we know the objective risk of that plane getting into trouble.
17:52
And fortunately, it's a very low probability.
17:56
Uh, and the markets understand objective risk by the term volatility, which is fine.

9 MINS LATER

26:34
Tell us about your routine, Lawrence, to become better on a daily basis.

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