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Posted: 23 Jul 2008 09:09 AM CDT
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Thanks to all those who participated in this little contest and sharing session about which was or were the personal finance books that influenced you the most.

Posted: 09 Oct 2008 10:02 PM CDT

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I am reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s (NNT) book [reserved from our excellent public libraries at an investment of $1.55] , “The Black Swan: The Impact of the High Improbable” after seeing La Papillion’s review of the book. I’ve reached the [...]

Posted: 12 Oct 2008 09:00 PM CDT
We live in a world of black swans.
In a nutshell, that is what Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s (NNT) book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” talks about. He shares with us how the world is more random and unpredictable than we think it is. What’s worse is [...]

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 10:27 PM CDT

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DBS has announced that DBS High 5 Notes investors would be getting back the grand total of “zero” from their Lehman Brothers’ linked investment.
This is what Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NNT) in the book, “The Black Swan: Impact of the Highly Improbable,” of a [...]

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST
I was intrigued by Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” and “Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets” through La Papillon’s book review on his blog and decided to read both books starting [...]