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Against the Gods

by Peter L. Bernstein · 1996

Peter L. Bernstein's history of risk, probability, and how quantitative thinking changed decision-making and investing.

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Howard Marks speaking in 2012 Howard MarksCo-founder and co-chairman, Oaktree Capital Management
In his wonderful book, Against the Gods, Peter Bernstein shows how development of the study of probability made possible both informed gambling and informed investing.
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Marks mentioned and praised Bernstein's book in a memo about probability, risk, and investing.

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Oaktree Capital · 1998-10-09 · accessed 2026-06-22

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The PDF memo calls Against the Gods a wonderful book in a passage applying its ideas to investing.

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Author of Against the Gods, praised by Howard Marks in an Oaktree memo.

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