Episode 187: The Power of the Barbell Strategy: Why protecting against the downside will protect the upside
- Author
- Steve Magness
- Published
- Mon 24 Oct 2022
- Episode Link
- https://www.scienceofrunning.com/2022/10/episode-187-the-power-of-the-barbell-strategy-why-protecting-against-the-downside-will-protect-the-upside.html
In Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile, he introduces the concept of the barbell strategy. At one end of the barbell, you’ve got low-risk low-reward, don’t he other end high risk, high reward. Taleb believes that you stack a bunch on the low risk/reward side and take strategic shots on the outliers, while staying away from the…
