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Wall Street has historically underestimated tail risk. I'm curious under what model this is a "once in 3 billion years" sort of move. Basically, financial mar
by aliston 12y ago
Wall Street has historically underestimated tail risk. I'm curious under what model this is a "once in 3 billion years" sort of move. Basically, financial markets don't behave as a normal distribution, and black swans are a lot more likely than their 7-sigma probabilities would suggest.