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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of best-selling book The Black Swan, correctly predicted the 2008 financial crash but said ...

Popularized by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007 book, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable," the term has been used to describe a litany of market catastrophes such as the 2008 ...

Crash Protection Taleb, whose best-selling book explores the extreme impacts of rare and unpredictable occurrences, is also scientific adviser to Universa Investments. That’s a tail-risk hedge ...

IN April 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb put forth his thoughts on rare events of substantial repercussions in his book Black Swan. It is an event that has, in the context of existing levels of ...

On January 29, 2024, Nassim Nicholas Taleb spoke at a Universa Investments event in Miami where he warned that markets should expect an even more severe shock than the one that sent stocks down ...