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Synopsis Nassim Taleb, who has been a hedge fund manager as well as a professor, recounts his personal experience as a major player in the markets to illustrate the impact randomness and chance play on valuations. Invoking various risk/return formulas to demonstrate the limitations of numbers, FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS delves into the unknowable aspects of what moves the markets and provides a much-needed cautionary tale for any would-be investor. First published in 2001, FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS became a national best seller as well as a must-read for those in the financial community., Taleb, a hedge fund manager, recounts his personal experience as a major player in the markets to illustrate the impact randomness and chance play on valuations. Invoking various risk/return formulas to demonstrate the limitations of numbers, FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS delves into the unknowable aspects of what moves the markets and provides a much-needed cautionary tale for any would-be investor.
| Size | | Length: | 203 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
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