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What Is Tail Risk and Are You Taking Too Much Of It?
Manage episode 285795289 series 2137790
When should you protect against rare, but extreme events? When should you self-insure? Under what circumstance should you sell tail risk protection to others?
Topics covered include:
- How tail events differ from tail risk
- Why volatility is not the best measure of risk for individuals
- What does it cost to protect against large stock market losses
- Why younger investors can take more risk due to their human capital
- How does the profit wheel options strategy work
- How the catastrophic power outage in Texas exemplifies tail risk
- Why individuals need to build more reserves because the economic system is too efficient and vulnerable to breakdowns
Thanks to SmartAsset and Babbel for sponsoring the episode. Use code DAVID for Babbel to get three months free.
For more information on this episode click here.
Show Notes
Average Weather in San Antonio Texas, United States—Weather Spark
Update on the CBOE BuyWrite and PutWrite Option Indexes, October 2018—Asset Consulting Group
The Texas Freeze: Why the Power Grid Failed Katherine Blunt and Russell Gold—The Wall Street Journal
When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency by Roger L. Martin
Related Episodes
250: Investing Rule One—Avoid Ruin
283: Why You Should Care About Carry Trades
321: How to Analyze Complex Investments
323: The Economy Is Not A Machine
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Manage episode 285795289 series 2137790
When should you protect against rare, but extreme events? When should you self-insure? Under what circumstance should you sell tail risk protection to others?
Topics covered include:
- How tail events differ from tail risk
- Why volatility is not the best measure of risk for individuals
- What does it cost to protect against large stock market losses
- Why younger investors can take more risk due to their human capital
- How does the profit wheel options strategy work
- How the catastrophic power outage in Texas exemplifies tail risk
- Why individuals need to build more reserves because the economic system is too efficient and vulnerable to breakdowns
Thanks to SmartAsset and Babbel for sponsoring the episode. Use code DAVID for Babbel to get three months free.
For more information on this episode click here.
Show Notes
Average Weather in San Antonio Texas, United States—Weather Spark
Update on the CBOE BuyWrite and PutWrite Option Indexes, October 2018—Asset Consulting Group
The Texas Freeze: Why the Power Grid Failed Katherine Blunt and Russell Gold—The Wall Street Journal
When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency by Roger L. Martin
Related Episodes
250: Investing Rule One—Avoid Ruin
283: Why You Should Care About Carry Trades
321: How to Analyze Complex Investments
323: The Economy Is Not A Machine
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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