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[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 51 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of the economics book, The Black Swan, had a great take on this. I'm paraphrasing but he was like how Economists can go in the news, make a prediction, and if they're wrong, nothing. But if they're right, they become a staple of business news and sell out all of their books. So financially, it's better to make a lot of predictions and hope to win the "I guess right" lottery.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 15 points 8 months ago

Jesse Livermoore said “the markets act, and the papers look for the explanation.” It was true 100 years ago and it’s true now.

[-] randompasta@lemmy.today 8 points 8 months ago

That's like me at the stop light trying to predict when it will change. "1, 2, 3... change".."1, 2, 3........change". "1, 2, 3 change" light changes. I feel smug in my elite ability to predict the change.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 3 points 8 months ago

You’re very correct. The market is very much a predator and prey relationship, and the justifications afterwards are for the fans at home. I once saw the whole market tilt because one man (Bill Hwang) lost his leveraged multibillion dollar position.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

There's an old scam that runs the same way. On a 2 outcome wager like which team wins a game send 500 people prediction team A wins and 500 people team B wins. For the 500 people who got the right one send 250 team C wins and the other 250 team D wins. By the time you're down to ~7 people they all received 7 winning predictions in a row, then you ask them for a bet on a 'sure thing' for the 8th game.

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