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The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Understand how extreme, unpredictable events shape financial markets and history.
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At a glance
- Level
- Intermediate
- Reading time
- About 12 hours
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- First published
- Not stated
- Editions
- One
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Key ideas
- 1Impact of extreme events
- 2Flaws in financial models
- 3Asymmetric risk profiles
- 4The illusion of predictability
You will learn
- Identify structural vulnerabilities
- Think critically about probability
- Handle extreme uncertainty in portfolios
Best for
- Risk managers
- Long-term investors
- Market analysts
Before you start
- Basic probability concepts
Reading it in India
Highly relevant for Indian investors navigating sudden macroeconomic and geopolitical shocks.
About this book
This book explores the massive impact of rare, high-impact events that nobody sees coming. It challenges traditional statistical models used in finance and encourages building resilience against severe market shocks.
- Author
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Depth: 29
- ISBN
- 9780141034591
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