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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life
(Hardcover, 2001)

Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Nassim Taleb

Nassim Taleb, who has been a hedge fund manager as well as a professor, recounts his personal experi...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1587990717
ISBN-13: 9781587990717
Oct 2001
Publisher: Texere
203 pages
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Language: English
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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.

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Length:203 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:16.0 oz


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