Comments on: Fooled By Randomness

By: Buying Individual Stocks Doesn’t Math Out For Me | Critical MAS

Buying Individual Stocks Doesn’t Math Out For Me | Critical MAS — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:15:42 +0000

[...] S& P 500 for 15 consecutive years, then failed to beat it for the last two. Taleb stated in Fooled By Randomness that investors credit their investing skills when they are right and then blame bad luck when they [...]

By: More Than You Know | Critical MAS

More Than You Know | Critical MAS — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:55:03 +0000

[...] psychology, statistics) easily explained, give this book a read. If you’ve already read Taleb, Mauldin and The Wisdom of Crowds, this book will do an outstanding job of tightening up your [...]

By: Financial Book Picks | Critical MAS

Financial Book Picks | Critical MAS — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:15:57 +0000

[...] Nassim Nicholas Taleb explores how humans undervalue unexpected events. I loved this book when I reviewed it back in March and plan to read it again some day. The chapter on the Black Swan was later [...]