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Every published page in the house, and every book on the shelf — 394 volumes and 44,730 passages of it — and every result is a passage that opens where it was written.
5 passages from 5 volumes
From Micro To Macro A Living Systems Approach
Resilience and Adaptation: Responding to Shocks and Uncertainty
We need to move beyond static models and embrace a more dynamic approach that recognizes the interconnectedness and inherent uncertainty within the market ecosystem.
The Ecology Of Financial Markets
Introduction: Markets as Living Systems
Define Your Ecosystem: Just like ecologists study specific environments, you need to define your own financial "ecosystem." This means understanding your personal goals, risk tolerance, time horizon, and available resources.
The Living Systems Of Global Finance
Feedback Loops and Cycles: The Rhythms and Volatility of Global Finance
Develop Strategies: Institutional Level: Exploit Reinforcing Loops: Hedge funds often use leverage and derivatives to amplify the effects of positive feedback loops during bull markets.
Financial Instability A Complexity Perspective
Beyond Prediction: Embracing Uncertainty and Adaptability
Gold is considered a safe haven asset, less susceptible to market swings but with lower expected returns.
The House
The models keep missing the crash, and nobody changes the models
A fixed allocation is a bet placed once on a market that keeps moving. A rule that rebalances is a negative feedback loop installed deliberately in a personal system, and it does the one thing a person under stress reliably fails to do: it sells what has risen and buys what has fallen, at the moment when every instinct argues the other way.