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Poker Pros Make Excellent Traders, Says Harvard Finance Professor

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Brandon Adams, who teaches behavioral finance at Harvard University's Department of Economics, says some of the best candidates for Wall Street trading jobs are the professional card players at FullTiltPoker.com and similar Web sites.

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Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Brandon Adams, who teaches behavioral finance at Harvard University's Department of Economics, says some of the best candidates for Wall Street trading jobs are the professional...
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Brandon Adams, who teaches behavioral finance at Harvard University's Department of Economics, says some of the best candidates for Wall Street trading jobs are the professional...
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