Black Swan

A rare bubble — CEO Tenev tells House committee quicker trade settlements would prevent a repeat. Kyle Orland - Feb 19, 2021 12:45 am UTC Enlarge / Ready, take aim, and let fly... Aurich Lawson / Getty Images Robinhood's move to temporarily limit purchases of GameStop and other highly volatile…

Bitcoin has gained 64% so far this year. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan, says he has been getting rid of his Bitcoin. "I've been getting rid of my BTC. Why? A currency is never supposed to be more volatile than what you buy and sell with it.You…

“Do you think we’ll ever use unpaid interns?” a friend once asked while we were being used as unpaid interns. It was 2011, in the thick of the long slog of the Great Recession, and we were both working for no pay at different book publishers in one of the…

Consumerism, telehealth, and the learnings from the pandemic will drive priorities in the year ahead. When I published my year-end forecasts last year, I started with this: Short of a "black swan" event, 2020 will see a slow but steady advance in healthcare's digital transformation. As it turns out, I…

BTS had the ARMY buzzing after their performance at the virtual Melon Music Awards on Dec. 5. Although they were down a member (rapper Suga is currently recovering from a shoulder injury), the K-pop squad delivered full-blown productions, starting with a classical rendition of "Black Swan" and a dance number…

Updated November 25 KST: BTS has showcased another impressive performance! Following “Life Goes On,” “The Late Late Show with James Corden” also featured a performance of BTS’s “Dynamite” on November 25 KST. Watch the performance: In addition to the performance, James Corden hosted BTS’s first interview following their Grammy nomination. The…

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Season 29 finale of “Dancing With the Stars.”) “Dancing With the Stars” handed out the Season 29 mirrorball trophy on Monday night, bringing to a close the show’s first socially distanced season, as well as the ABC dancing competition’s first season under new…

Fundoo professor Sanjay Bakshi says while the black swan event of Covid-19 pandemic has been a major disruptor, it is also throwing up opportunities and giving birth to new species and businesses. Bakshi, a professor at the Management Development Institute, Gurugram, and Managing Partner at ValueQuest Capital, cited the example…

iStock Big, sustainable themes have come out of our annual trends reports, such as “data literacy,” “de-silofication of data,” “postmodern analytics,” and most recently, “analysis is no longer enough.” Last year, our argument was that in a fragmented world, you need synthesis AND analysis. If that’s in place, you can…

DUBAI: Roald Dahl was the king of villainy when it came to conjuring up antagonists to instill fear in the hearts of the children reading his books. In “The Enormous Crocodile,” for example, a villainous creature cleverly disguises himself to get near enough to the kids he wishes to devour.…