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In this section we show contributions based on scientific studies covering the topics financial markets, risk manangement and decision making under uncertainty in a very broad context. The spectrum which we cover here is meant to be broad and highly interdiscilplinary. This is also the reason why we show here, e.g., a contribution from the field of molecular biology investigating decision making under uncertaintiy already by the smallest living entities on earth.
Other publications
Scientific article in the field of molecular biology (2025)
Pirovino M, Iseli C, Curran JA, Conrad B (2025) Biomathematical enzyme kinetics model of prebiotic autocatalytic RNA networks: degenerating parasite-specific hyperparasite catalysts confer parasite resistance and herald the birth of molecular immunity. PLoS Comput Biol 21(1): e1012162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012162
To mark the publication of this article, an Investment Letter was published (in German) as a special edition, which explains the connection between this scietific research and our assessment of the economy, politics and the financial market.
OPIRO Investment Letter Sonderausgabe Februar 2025:
Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen - Von der Unsicherheitsbewältigung am Finanzmarkt zur Entstehung des Lebens und zurück
Scientific article in the field of molecular biologie (2023)
Conrad B, Iseli C, Pirovino M (2023). Energy-harnessing problem solving of primordial life: Modeling the emergence of catalytic host-nested parasite life cycles. PLoS ONE 18(3): e0281661. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281661
This scientific contribution is inspired from problems of risk management in the financial markets.
OPIRO Essay Series Edition No. 3
"The Mystery of Investing: Befriending the Dilemma"
by Monika Müller from FCM Finanz Coaching and Magnus Pirovino
OPIRO Essay Series Edition No. 2
"The Basics of Investor Uncertainty: Value and Momentum are Complementary"
by Magnus Pirovino
OPIRO Essay Series Edition No. 1
"The Basics of Market Uncertainty: Price and Quantity are Complementary"
by Magnus Pirovino
Short Research Note No.1-2013
"Uncertainty relations of events: Position and event density are complementary in case of normal distributions."
Working Paper No.1-2013
"How Can Knowledge Structures Determine Price Fluctutations? An Inquiry into Philosophy and Finance."
Working Paper No.1-2011
"What is the fair price for information in capital markets? Outline of a realistic aggregate capital markets theory explaining bubbles and trading away from equilibrium by means of Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism."