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    For demographic profiles of fund managers, see, amongst others: Beckmannet al. (2008), Brownet al. (2014), Drachter et al. (2007), Farnsworth and Taylor (2006), and Tuckett and Taffler (2012).

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    It is sometimes suggested that security returns comprise a chaotic system (e.g. Hsieh 1991), which is a common depiction of many natural and man-made systems. The evidence for this, however, is weak (Barnett and Serletis 2000).

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