3min chapter

The Compound and Friends cover image

Black Swans, Stock Market Crashes and the Chaos Kings

The Compound and Friends

CHAPTER

The Importance of Dark Pools and Quants in Writing Chaos Kings

The big takeaway is it's easy to overestimate your risk tolerance, especially in a bull market. All of the mistakes are made when the fat tails happen and they happen way more than they should mathematically. Not overestimating your ability to stomach a 25% drawdown in five days is probably the right posture for most investors.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode