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Taleb: I Have Discovered The Solution To The Global Financial Crisis

July 14, 2009 : Permalink

The Business Insider – Nassim Taleb and his hedge-fund partner Mark Spitznagel weigh in in the FT with an analysis of the world’s problem (too much debt) and a reasonable solution (convert some of the debt to equity).  As usual, […]

Hedge funds working to limit redemptions

October 31, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters UK – Dozens of hedge funds have told investors they cannot get their money back right now as managers try to limit a wave of redemptions to safeguard all their clients’ investments — as well as their own futures. […]

The Financial Page Greasing the Slide

October 27, 2008 : Permalink

New Yorker – “Death by a thousand cuts.” “Fire-sale liquidation.” “A vortex of selling.” No matter how people described the market collapse that hit a month ago, the message was the same: it felt like there was nowhere to go […]