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S&P returned 80% during past 5 years. In bull market Taleb's fund probably didn't made any money so it might be safe to assume they made 20% total during this 5
by sytelus 11y ago
S&P returned 80% during past 5 years. In bull market Taleb's fund probably didn't made any money so it might be safe to assume they made 20% total during this 5 years. That doesn't sound spectacular.
- carsongross 11y agoDo you have any data at all to back this up, or are you speculating for emotional reasons? Oh, "probably". Got it. Taleb is very smart and very practical. I doubt he falls into the perma-bear trap. Even Japanese equities have had long positive runs that have not been worth fighting during their brutal bear market.
- eruditely 11y agoWhy speculate? Just go check their annual returns.
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- jacalata 11y agoI thought they weren't public? Where would you look at them?
- randomname2 11y agoTo put this into context, the S&P returned -3.4% YTD, whereashis fund returned 20% YTD. That is actually pretty spectacular compared to the performance of other prominent hedge funds (which are supposed to "hedge" against market drops): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10139552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10139552