Of course the above refers to Taleb, not Niederhoffer. I'm referring to his mumble swerve in public about not running a hedge fund after 2001,...
Whether the fund lost money or not despite being reported on a site for "troubled" companies is one issue, but it is not the only issue. When...
OK Atticus, here's my point. Taleb's "success" is only swallowed by novices, but there is no proof of any trading success. Paloma colleagues...
Paloma and Empirica Kurtosis: If Taleb's trading strategy was successful, there is no evidence of it. Taleb: Empirica LLC, which owns interests...
Taleb's blather: Empirica LLC, which owns interests in hedge funds, and operates a research laboratory in London, Empirica Laboratory Limited,...
Taleb's strategy doesn't seem to ever have worked for him in practice. I am not sure what he was trying to communicate at this conference, but it...
Amazon posts may be worthless, but this fellow writes well, and his points are valid: 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:...
This transcript is from Taleb's interview on the Colbert Report. Taleb's "logic" falls apart under questioning by comedian, Stephen Colbert, but...
One of my engineering friends says: "The entropy of the universe is increasing, unless you put some energy into the system."
Point taken, but my bar isn't nearly that low. Back to trading.
Greenspan and Bernanke have no weeds in their garden. Previously Greenspan said risk was under control, but perhaps he just hoped that rising...
300k??!! he stated in NYC that the book royalties just might allow him to break even on his book purchases.... surf:D :p :D [/B] He...
Taleb is yesterday's promoter... Though his book remains compulsory reading for the basic concepts. [/B] The basic concepts are better done...
This BLACK SWAN refers to the swashbuckler with Tyrone Power, a passable pirate escape movie. The treasure hunters claim their discoveries are...
Nothing to show?
I trade to make money. Whatever Taleb's intellectual IQ - many in this business have very high IQs - his emotional IQ seems well below average....
Atticus - My bad. I misinterpreted your earlier post.
"Ask Paloma" is your only response? That isn't the same as audited returns reported in a credible source. But for what it is worth,...
Of course everyone gets that Taleb CLAIMS he has built a successful strategy with OOM options, and by the way, that is not revolutionary, except...
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