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TIP558: How Ackman & Taleb Profited Billions During Market Crashes w/ Scott Patterson

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

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Taleb's Strategy for a Normal World

Taleb was born in Lebanon and he was growing up in Beirut when the war broke out there. He studied business in France for a while, then came to America and went to American universities. In 1987 he found himself at first Boston on the trading floor in Midtown Manhattan. His positions didn't really take off until the following day when the Federal Reserve infused billions of dollars into the system.

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