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Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2008, Hardcover, Updated) 
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2008, Hardcover, Updated)

 
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2008, Hardcover, Updated)

Publisher: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 2008-10-14
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1400067936
ISBN-13: 9781400067930
Product ID: EPID65761998
Description: 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 for...
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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.

Details
Publication Date:2008-10-14
Edition Description:Updated

Size
Length:316 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:20.8 oz

Publisher's Note
The author of The Black Swan argues that randomness and probability have a profound influence on human life, as well as the consistent inability of humans to recognize that role, and explains how to differentiate between randomness in general and the financial markets in particular. 15,000 first printing.

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