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Unstable world: Is it time to buy volatility?

December 15, 2020October 11, 2015 by Kurt Cobb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb describes option sellers as people who are picking up nickels and dimes in front of a steamroller–and don’t know it. They are selling options–sometimes for mere pennies–when they are risking dollars if they are wrong. Such events, they reason, are so rare that these events won’t happen to them.

Categories Economy Tags black swan, stock market Leave a comment

Bad advice: Why the future won’t be like the past

December 15, 2020October 13, 2013 by Kurt Cobb

It’s easy to get bad advice from successful people. Here’s why: Successful people assume that the same circumstances that prevailed while they were achieving their success will generally prevail while you are pursuing yours.

Categories Economy Tags black swan, forecasts, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, oil forecasts, Taleb, The Black Swan Leave a comment

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