February 2020 - Nassim Taleb

How you *will* eventually go bust on a fair bet: Explaining the Kelly/Shannon/Thorp result & beyond.

(& why nudgeboy Richard Thaler @R_Thaler has a serious, serious problem, aside from his other mistakes ). https://t.co/v1Axi7TwMu
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) February 18, 2020

Nassim explains the Kelly criterion and illustrates why “risk aversion” in Behavioral Finance is Micky Mouse(™) Science.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb in an interaction with Ami Shah of ETMarkets.com on the sidelines of Times Network India Economic Conclave talks about what makes him bullish on gold, why he’s still betting on crypto, and why he doesn’t invest in India.

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Reposting (corrected) pages 1-3 (single page, easier to read) pic.twitter.com/uqYxMqN1CL
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) February 3, 2020

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Month: February 2020

Nassim explains the Kelly criterion

[YouTube] Nassim on Market, Crypto, and Gold

Transcription of Nassim’s lecture at Academy of Sciences Leopoldina on how RISK & PARANOIA are misunderstood by psychologists & BS vendors