"The Moves Would Be Extraordinary, Ferocious, Terrifying": Approaching A Time When Markets Lose Faith In US Fiscal Sustainability

By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management

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“The strategy for the discoverers and entrepreneurs is to rely less on top-down planning and focus on maximum tinkering and recognizing opportunities when they present themselves,” wrote Nassim Taleb. “So, I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or ‘incentives’ for skill. The strategy is, then, to tinker as much as possible and try to collect as many Black Swan opportunities as you can.”