Comment by Nomen_Nescio on Investing for the Long Slump · 2009-01-22T23:34:05.000Z · LW · GW

You could put some of your capital in a well managed hedge fund, that way you can profit even if the market falls further. N. Taleb most probably made some good money lately using his investment strategy but does it hold in the long run and are black swans more common these days as a result from markets being more connected globally ? (no decoupling etc).