mise en oeuvre de paris contrariants (retour à la moyenne)

English translation: putting on contrarian bets (mean reversion)

22:20 Feb 9, 2010
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French term or phrase: mise en oeuvre de paris contrariants (retour à la moyenne)
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English translation:putting on contrarian bets (mean reversion)
Explanation:
Or 'trades' in place of bets, because that's how they're doing the betting.

The 'retour à la moyenne' is not about average return but about the market equilibrium point moving back towards the long-term trend. They're betting the market is not on a 'random walk' but will 'revert to the mean'.
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4 +2putting on contrarian bets (mean reversion)
rkillings
4implementation of contrary bets (average return)
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implementation of contrary bets (average return)


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My proposed suggestion.

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neutral  Kevin Pendergast: The first portion is correct, but "retour à la moyenne" is most certainly "reversion to the mean"
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putting on contrarian bets (mean reversion)


Explanation:
Or 'trades' in place of bets, because that's how they're doing the betting.

The 'retour à la moyenne' is not about average return but about the market equilibrium point moving back towards the long-term trend. They're betting the market is not on a 'random walk' but will 'revert to the mean'.

rkillings
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agree  Travelin Ann
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agree  Kevin Pendergast: Precisely - opening contrarian positions. I'd prefer "reversion to the mean" over "mean reversion", as a 'reversion' might also be a nice thing
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Reference information:
mise en oeuvre (mettre en oeuvre) = implemented (to implement)

(retour à la moyenne) = (return to the average)

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-02-09 23:56:31 GMT)
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Actually, here it would be "la mise en oeuvre de XXX" = "the implementation of XXX".

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-02-10 00:01:04 GMT)
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retour à la moyenne = average return

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