Nassim Taleb

Last week, Nassim Taleb stated at a conference in Moscow that if he could only make one investment for the next ten years, he would buy land, according to Guru Focus. Taleb based his investment on his particularly bearish outlook for the United States. To give perspective, when it comes to the...

Nassim Taleb told CNBC today that "we had less debt cumulatively (two years ago) and more people employed. Today, we have more risk in the system, and a smaller tax base." He also said that "bank balance sheets are just as bad as they were" when the financial crisis began, and "the quality of the...