Rational investing for financial independence
The models that dominate all human decision-making today are duly heavy on simplistic logic, and light on magic – a spreadsheet leaves no room for miracles. But what if this approach is wrong? What if, in our quest to recreate the certainty of the laws of physics, we are now too eager to impose the same consistency and certainty in
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Tail risk is a form of portfolio risk that arises when the possibility that an investment will move more than three standard deviations from the mean is greater than what is shown by a normal distribution. Tail risks include events that have a small probability of occurring, and occur at both ends of a normal distribution curve. –Investopedia Tail-risk, the
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I reread all of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s books in October 2019 (except The Bed of Procrustes, which I have not ordered yet). I strongly recommend all his books, both for insights in your “everyday” life or “trading/investment” life. His books have made a huge impact on how I view the world and how I invest. While reading I wrote down
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