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This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Book Reviews

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.

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Book Reviews

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” [...]

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Book Reviews

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 [...]

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Book Reviews

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 [...]

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Book Reviews

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 [...]