Black Swan

Throughout the past couple of years, we witnessed a tectonic shift in global finance. It was propelled by the COVID19 pandemic – a black swan event that nobody saw coming. Major economies tumbled as industries across the board experienced tremendous challenges, with mogul companies on the brink of bankruptcy. Faced…

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In a unique sighting in Beijing, a black swan appears in Tiananmen Square, the center of the city. A metaphor often associated with the bird’s presence is stirring speculation. A Hong Kong actor says he’s giving up his Canadian citizenship. Some call it a show of loyalty toward China’s communist…

Billionaire Peter Thiel’s publicly-traded Palantir Technologies Inc. Is Preparing For A “Black Swan Event” By Inviting Customers To Pay For Its Data Analytics Software In Bitcoin. Billionaire Peter Thiel’s publicly-traded Palantir Technologies Inc. Is Preparing For A “Black Swan Event” By Inviting Customers To Pay For Its Data Analytics Software…

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A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks near an overpass following an outbreak of the coronavirus, Shanghai, China March 17, 2020. (Aly Song/Reuters) The week of July 26, 2021: a (possible) Black Swan, the (actual) Black Widow, and much, much more. It hasn’t been the best of times for investors…

BTS’s “Black Swan” music video has hit 300 million views on YouTube! “Black Swan” reached the 300-million-view mark on July 7 at approximately 9:54 a.m. KST. The music video was released on March 5, 2020 at midnight KST, meaning it took the video approximately one year, four months, and two…

As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across the United States. The West is getting roasted by hotter summer days while the East Coast is getting swamped by hotter and stickier summer nights, an…

Famed economist and author of “Black Swan” Nassim Taleb has claimed in a recent paper that Bitcoin isn’t worth anything – and that it is a failed currency. Before we jump into the guts of what looks a lot like academic delusion, let’s just state that at the time of…

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton "Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb said bitcoin is worth zero. He also said there is no evidence that blockchain is a useful technology. In a new paper, Taleb laid out four key arguments against the cryptocurrency. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening…