http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/19/niccolo-machiavellis-hedge-fund-secrets/ A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/19/niccolo-machiavellis-hedge-fund-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-153825 A.Alajmovic Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:14:57 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4349#comment-153825 Great article! and nice analogy with Niccolo :-) Although I've only read his book The Black Swan, which seems to be the expanded and updated version of Fooled by Randomness I do agree with you on Taleb's claims about randomness, especially in financial markets. In the Black Swan he also elaborates on many other things in life where randomness is decisive, but still unseemingly covered with Gaussian distributions Great article! and nice analogy with Niccolo
Although I’ve only read his book The Black Swan, which seems to be the expanded and updated version of Fooled by Randomness I do agree with you on Taleb’s claims about randomness, especially in financial markets.
In the Black Swan he also elaborates on many other things in life where randomness is decisive, but still unseemingly covered with Gaussian distributions

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