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·Jun 30

4 Pieces of Investment Advice You Can Safely Ignore

#2: Diversification will save you — A big part of success in investing and in business is simply not blowing up. Note that I didn’t say “not failing.” In both disciplines, failures are fine — perhaps even good — because they provide valuable information. Failures that wipe you out, though, are bad. Blowing up prevents you…

Investment

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4 Pieces of Investment Advice You Can Safely Ignore
4 Pieces of Investment Advice You Can Safely Ignore

Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith

·Jun 28

Why Every Investor Needs to Understand Tail Risk (or Risk Blowing Up)

The curse of Black Swans, and building Antifragility — Put simply, tail risk is the possibility of a highly unlikely event happening. The term has its origins in the statistical idea of a bell curve, which is (unfortunately) omnipresent in investing, risk modeling, and many aspects of daily life. Understanding tail risk (and the failings of the bell curve)…

Black Swans

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Why Every Investor Needs to Understand Tail Risk (or Risk Blowing Up)
Why Every Investor Needs to Understand Tail Risk (or Risk Blowing Up)
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Co-Founder & CEO of Gado Images. I write, speak & consult about tech, food, privacy, AI & photography. http://www.bayareatelegraph.com or tom@gadoimages.com

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