RomeoStevens comments on Open thread, September 9-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 10 September 2013 06:00:49PM 2 points [-]

I discussed this strat with a CFA, the expected returns are low enough to not be worth it.

Comment author: gwern 10 September 2013 06:35:02PM 2 points [-]

I'd be interested to see a writeup of the numbers and expected return.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 11 September 2013 05:52:08AM 3 points [-]

We did napkin math. The crux of the issue is that annuities are normally bad (risk adjusted returns below the market), so gaming them, while an improvement, aren't nearly enough of an improvement to take them all the way to good.