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Betting on The Black Swan: Getting Rich The Impossible Way

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a trader and a philosopher. His books about the way people think about probability have been obscenely influential, and trading strategies based off of his ideas are becoming an indelible part of the market. His strategies center around the idea of the “black swan,” an event that’s incredibly unlikely to happen […]Read More

Swiss Franc Black Swan and the Hedging Volatility of the

A black swan event is a term coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and it works as a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise and has major consequences. These kind of events are rare and  its occurrence deviates beyond what is normally expected of a situation and can create substantial damage and chaos. […]Read More