- ISBN13: 9781400067930
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Now in a striking new hardcover edition, Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. Nassim Nicholas Taleb–veteran trader, renowned risk expert, polymathic scholar, erudite raconteur, and New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan–has written a modern classic that turns on its head what we believe about luck and skill.
This book is about luck–or more precisely, about how w… More >>
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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#1 by R. Koch on February 18, 2010 - 4:00 pm
This is book is a total waste of time. It just a lot of gibberish and doesn’t make for an interesting read. The peoples that rated this anything above 1 star a delusional and sleeping with the author!
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by N. Desai on February 18, 2010 - 4:43 pm
by far my top 10 favorite investing books.
what did i learn?
only invest when your probablity of winning is good and the risk-reward ratio is skewed in your favor.
if you made quick easy money, it could be that you just got lucky.
why do i like it?
its a philosophical look at investing that easy to follow and understand.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by D. Sullivan on February 18, 2010 - 6:57 pm
Eye-opening, interesting, against the grain. An educational and entertaining read.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Freedom on February 18, 2010 - 9:48 pm
Nothing earth shattering here, but author has good ideas and information in book is definitely usefull.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by William E. Epler on February 18, 2010 - 10:40 pm
A serious bit of fermented sour grapes by someone who is jealous of anyone who made money during the 1990’s.
The whole book is based on the idea that if you place enough monkeys in front of enough typewriters for long enough, eventually one will produce the Iliad. Therefore, no performance, or even a series of performances, can be the results of anything but chance. There is no value in studying the past of anything, everything is random and nothing about the past can provide any insight into the future.
Spend your money on something by Paul Krugman.
Rating: 1 / 5