Nassim Taleb / Universa Investments

Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby winston » Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:34 pm

"Missing a train is only painful if you run after it!

Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you, is only painful, if that’s what you are seeking.”


― Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby winston » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:21 pm

"Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility."

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby winston » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:24 pm

The Best Ways to Achieve Financial Antifragility

1. Diversify your assets into at least four, and at best six, of the following categories: cash, bonds, stocks, gold, options, and rental real estate.

2. Invest in quality, dividend-paying stocks. I would define these as antifragile because of the long-term approach, the policy of buying more stock during downturns, and the fact that these kinds of stocks rise quickly after drops.

3. Create a “start-over” fund that is equal to at least six months of income. Also, have a “start-over” plan. It must be enough to cover your projected costs of starting over.

4. Develop your cash-producing assets (options, performance stocks, bonds, and rental real estate) so that, in time, each one will give you ample yearly income.

5. Don’t give up your active income. If you don’t have a job now, get one, even if the income is small.

6. Have some or all of your start-over funds hidden.

7. If you don’t own a business, start or invest in one. Make sure it is a business that you understand and over which you can have some control.

8. Get insurance — but only what you really need — to protect your health, your house, and all of your other valuable possessions.

9. Learn about the realities of identity theft and defend yourself accordingly.

10. Get privacy guards for all your Internet activities.

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Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby winston » Thu May 25, 2017 10:43 am

The Black Swan author: Why the media and neocons continue to push war

by Ron Paul

Dr. Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan,” takes apart our foreign and monetary policies.

Why do neocons and mainstream media keep pushing war and conflict? They face zero risk. This is something new in history.

Those who decide on interventionism overseas are never harmed by the interventions. Plus… are we headed for a market crash that makes 2008 look like a picnic? And if so, what will the aftermath look like?

http://thecrux.com/the-black-swan-autho ... shing-war/
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Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby winston » Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:52 pm

Nassim Taleb identifies the tail risk exposure investors should hedge

by Julia La Roche

“We have more permanent threats: a stock market fueled by almost a decade of easy money,”


Source: Yahoo Finance

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nassim-t ... 04840.html
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Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby winston » Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:20 am

“If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.”

-- Nicholas Nassim Taleb
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Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby investar » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:11 am

A tail-risk hedge fund advised by Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, returned 3612 per cent in March, paying off massively for clients who invested in it as protection against a plunge in share prices.

https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-mark ... 413-p54j84
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Re: Nassim Taleb

Postby winston » Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:14 pm

‘Black Swan’ author says that if investors don’t use a ‘tail hedge,’ he recommends ‘not being in the market’: ‘We’re facing a huge amount of uncertainty’

by Mark DeCambre

Source: MarketWatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/black ... yptr=yahoo
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Re: Nassim Taleb / Universa Investments

Postby winston » Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:14 pm

Black Swan Fund Manager Sees ‘Tinderbox-Timebomb’ in Financial Markets

by Sonali Basak

Ballooning debts across the global economy are poised to wreak havoc on markets rivaling the Great Depression.

Hedge fund managers lost more than $200 billion last year.

Universa’s strategy could have a 402% average return on invested capital if the S&P 500 drops 10% in a month. That same payoff could be 10,251% if the index crashed 30%.


Source: Bloomberg

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-sw ... 48368.html
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Re: Nassim Taleb / Universa Investments

Postby winston » Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:24 am

‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb, who correctly called the 2008 financial crisis, says the U.S. is in a ‘death spiral’ over government debt

by Eleanor Pringle

That national debt is a "white swan," a risk that's more probable than an unpredictable "black swan" event.

Currently the American national debt stands at $34.14 trillion—about $100,000 for every person in the U.S.


Source: Fortune

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-sw ... 18333.html
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