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> [The ultimate compound return rate is acutely sensitive to fat tails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-ultimate-compound-return-rate-is-acutely-sensitive-to-fat-tails/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

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> [The best strategy is one that offers the highest compound return consistent with no risk of going broke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-best-strategy-is-one-that-offers-the-highest-compound-return/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

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## Other authors on Compounds

## More by William Poundstone

> [Samuelson spotted a mistake in Bacheliers work. Bachelier's model had failed to consider that stock prices cannot fall below zero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/samuelson-spotted-a-mistake-in-bacheliers-work-bachelier-s-model-had/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [There is a deep connection between Bernoulli's dictum and John Kelly's 1956 publication. It turns out that Kelly's prescription can be restated as this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/there-is-a-deep-connection-between-bernoulli-s-dictum-and-john-kelly/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [“In view of this, it may seem remarkable that anything as complex as a text of Hamlet exists. The observation that Hamlet was written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/in-view-of-this-it-may-seem-remarkable-that-anything-as-complex-as-a/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [Expectation is a statistical fiction, like having 2.5 children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/expectation-is-a-statistical-fiction-like-having-2-5-children/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [“In 1894 Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone patents expired. Within a few years, over 6,000 local telephone companies were competing for the U.S. market.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/in-1894-alexander-graham-bell-s-telephone-patents-expired-within-a/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [Paradox is thus a much deeper and universal concept than the ancients would have dreamed. Rather than an oddity, it is a mainstay of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/paradox-is-thus-a-much-deeper-and-universal-concept-than-the-ancients/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [Bernoulli's real contribution was to coin a word. The word has been translated into English as "utility". It describes this subjective value people place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/bernoulli-s-real-contribution-was-to-coin-a-word-the-word-has-been/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [There were many at Bell Labs and MIT who compared Shannon's insight to Einstein's. Others found that comparison unfair - unfair to Shannon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/there-were-many-at-bell-labs-and-mit-who-compared-shannon-s-insight/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [A bit is worth 10,000 basis points.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/a-bit-is-worth-10-000-basis-points/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [Carl Friedrich Gauss, often rated the greatest mathematician of all time, played the market. On a salary of 1,000 thalers a year, Euler left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/carl-friedrich-gauss-often-rated-the-greatest-mathematician-of-all/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [The more improbable the message, the less "compressible" it is, and the more bandwidth it requires. This is Shannon's point: the essence is its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-more-improbable-the-message-the-less-compressible-it-is-and-the/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [“The stumbling block isn't the certainty effect per se. It's the way that smart people are influenced by mere words, by the way the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-stumbling-block-isn-t-the-certainty-effect-per-se-it-s-the-way/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [The ultimate compound return rate is acutely sensitive to fat tails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-ultimate-compound-return-rate-is-acutely-sensitive-to-fat-tails/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [Your second ducat, like your second million, is never quite as sweet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/your-second-ducat-like-your-second-million-is-never-quite-as-sweet/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

> [The best paradoxes raise questions about what kinds of contradictions can occur-what species of impossibilities are possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-best-paradoxes-raise-questions-about-what-kinds-of-contradictions/)

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