(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The recent Twitter spat between “Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and quant investing pioneer Cliff Asness over hedging against highly remote events reminded me why Luke ...

As the frequency of wars among great powers dwindles, has the world entered a new paradigm of peace and prosperity? Not quite, says Nassim Taleb, author of Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan. In ...

You might have heard of Nassim Taleb. He writes books about how unexpected things happen sometimes and how he’s much smarter than everyone else. I appear to have upset Mr. Taleb by being less than ...

The Black Swan author Nassim Taleb said President Donald Trump’s approach to tariffs will depress US gross domestic product and could soon lead to labor shortages. Taleb, who’s also scientific adviser ...

A few weeks ago, I posted an article on Forbes called Sorry Nassim Taleb, Technology Actually Does Matter in which I explained a number of ways that technology has transformed business and society. Mr ...

Nassim Taleb was back in the news in April as one of his old colleagues posted a remarkable return for his hedge fund last quarter. Mark Spitznagel of Universa Investments posted a 4,144% return as ...

Building assumptions into your financial plan based on historical market returns can be a dangerous proposition. "If the investor has to eventually reduce his exposure because of losses, or because of ...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb said in a recent paper that bitcoin has failed as a currency without government, as a hedge against inflation and as a safe haven investment. The author of "The Black Swan" ...