Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

?[Taleb is] Wall Street?s principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther?s ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church.?
?Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker

Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world.This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences.

Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill?the world of business?Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives. more

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Posted: Sep-28-2009

Great insight

Taleb changed the way I thought about skill and luck. The book was not made to prove things one way or the other but to get you to think. Don't take anyones supposed skill to your bank. You need to be aware of the risk of what you are purchasing. This book applies not only to investing but to...

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Posted: Sep-17-2009

Anecdotes and science

Found the book strangely absorbing and innovative. Myself, I have very little knowledge of things mathematical or statistical, but a rather strong interest in them. Nassim Taleb delivers a spirited defence of skepticism, which I always like. His examples from the world of financial trading (and...

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Posted: Sep-10-2009

some interesting provocative ideas but the book is quite bad

There are some interesting ideas in the book. That's why I would give it 2 stars and not 1.Other than that the style is quite bad (IMHO of course) but the one biggest problem for me is thatthe author lacks even a single smallest drop of humility. Most of the book is about how smart the author is...

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Posted: Sep-04-2009

Fooled by Ramdomness

A book that all of the overpaid egomaniacs on Wall Street will hate. Answers to the questions about what role luck plays in our financial lives. A must read before you overpay for financial advise.

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Posted: Jan-20-2009

Tore through the pages

This work is written in a friendly and engaging tone. I tore right through the pages. The author makes you feel as you are conversing with him in his living room. Don't expect to pick up a great deal of insight on how to become successful trader, do not expect a tutorial in how to trade stocks...

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Posted: Jan-20-2009

This Book Is A Waste of Tijme!

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!

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Posted: Jan-18-2009

Required reading for every investor...

you won't want to put this book down. Without question "fooled by randomness" is my favorite investment book. Nasim's insights are too many to recount in my review, but mark my word one reading is not enough. You will find yourself going back to this book on more occasions than one. Far...

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Posted: Jan-12-2009

Many will find mind-boggling; the mathematical mind will find enlightening

Learned, irreverent and no-nonsense ex-option trader N. Taleb enumerates instances where people, experts and non-experts alike, make mathematically unsound statements about a probabilistic reality and cites biological and social reasons for such fallacies.Taleb mentions some seemingly outrageous...

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Posted: Jan-06-2009

Mostly a waste of time

If you are not too bright, you will find this book quite insightful. On the other hand, if you are of average or better intelligence, you will probably find reading this book to be, well, let's be kind and say "inefficient".Although the premise of book claims to be that there is a lot more...

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Posted: Jan-05-2009

Superb

Nutshell review - This is an excellent book - well written, insightful, full of lessons for investing (and life) and eye-opening! Certainly if you are an investor, but also if you just want to understand just how large a role randomness plays in your life, then you need to read this book....

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