Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

ISBN 10: 1587990717 / ISBN 13: 9781587990717

Verlag: W. W. Norton, 2001

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Inhaltsangabe:

This is a book about luck. More specifically, it is a book about how we perceive luck, twist it around and regard it as intention or purpose. What better setting than the world of trading to invesdtigate the subject? How often has the brilliant trader, who seems to the outside world to have been granted the gift of second sight in the implementation of his strategies, been suddenly wiped out by an unexpected shift in the markets? The book may have its roots firmly in the financial arena, but it also incorporates and explains the effects and repercussions of randomness in many varied fields - ranging from philosophy to literature and science - to create an insight into how randomness cannot be conquered, but can be embraced.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the founder of Empirica Capital LLC, and Fellow of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He was inducted into the Derivatives Strategy Hall of Fame in 2001. He lives in New York.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of ...
Verlag: W. W. Norton
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good