What Blackjack Can Teach You About Wall Street
On this episode of Bullish with Sonali Basak, Boaz Weinstein shows how little daylight there is between the trading floor and the casino floor.
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Boaz Weinstein is among those hedge fund managers who use card games to sharpen their abilities. At the tables, he walks the tricky territory between luck and skill—often with big money on the line. Sound familiar?
Only Weinstein, 52, takes it a step further. While casinos frown on the perfectly legal skill of card counting, Weinstein shows how the ability to master this incredibly difficult tactic can be an object lesson in finance: To succeed, you need to know the extent of your advantage. On this episode of Bullish with Sonali Basak, he takes Bloomberg Originals to Bally’s Atlantic City to show us how it’s done—and in doing so, gives a masterclass on why the trading floor and the casino floor aren’t all that different.