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Re:Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb by mikeyouse on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:48PM (#11731543)
Only LPs have true access to fund returns but there are a lot of examples of falsehoods being claimed by Taleb et al;

http://www.businessinsider.com/wait-before-you-invest-in-nas...

Plus the fact that he started an new fund in 2009 that essentially was relying on hyperinflation to make their returns;

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124380234786770027#mod=testMod

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Re:Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb by ikeboy on Thursday May 19, 2016 @01:26PM (#11731891)
That seems to be an error on GQ's part, not Taleb's.

See http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/06/30/the-taleb-g...

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Re:Skin in the Game – chapter drafts by Nassim Taleb by cjbenedikt on Thursday May 19, 2016 @01:15PM (#11731775)
It is actually not Taleb's fund but Mark Spitznagel's an it is doing phenominally well
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