Black Swan Sighting
As I mentioned earlier this week, I am actually on a two-week holiday in Simcoe County, Ontario, just 90 minutes north of Toronto. We went to the Elmvale Jungle Zoo, an amazing place that has a huge...
View ArticleThe Russia Forum 2010: Hendry, Faber and Taleb
The following link goes to an hour-long video from the Russia Forum 2010 featuring famed investors and market watchers Hugh Hendry and Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Marc Faber was the moderator. The session...
View ArticleTaleb: Debt Problems Are Worse Now Than in 2008
Nassim Taleb speaks to the issue I have been addressing here for two years, namely that the problem with our financial system is debt. There is too much of it. And all the stimulus in the world won’t...
View ArticleThe Bon Vivants of Doom And Gloom: Economist Nouriel Roubini and Author...
I like how this reporter starts off his interview with Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb. Of course what underlies this oxymoron is the "shoot the messenger" heuristic. Wikipedia describes "shooting...
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