crossingwallstreet.com - 6/30/2009
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I think the world is beginning to catch on to the increasingly tedious Nassim Nicholas Taleb. A few weeks ago, Janet Tavakoli blew the whistle on the claim made in GQ that Taleb “made $20 billion for our clients, half a billion for the Black Swan fund.” Taleb says he was misquoted ( Felix comes ...
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The notional Taleb
FT Alphaville —
... As Crossing Wall Street ’s Eddy Elfelbein notes, there’s really only one solution to this: Saying that it’s a philosophy article not a finance article is not an excuse. If the numbers are wrong, then GQ should put out a correction. If Self stands by the quote, then he should stand by it. I don’t buy the argument that Taleb exists in some higher plane where ideas trump facts. (H/T ...
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