upside is a payoff structure where the best-case gain is large relative to the worst-case loss. You risk a bounded amount to participate in unbounded or outsized...
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upside is a payoff structure where the best-case gain is large relative to the worst-case loss. You risk a bounded amount to participate in unbounded or outsized...
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Mental ModelBarbell Strategy
at extremes of safety and risk, avoid the mediocre middle.
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Mental ModelCircle of Competence
have an edge in some domains and not others — and the boundary between the two i
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Mental ModelDiscounted Cash Flow
equals future cash flows discounted to present value.
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Mental ModelMargin of Safety
below intrinsic value to protect against errors and the unforeseen.
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Mental ModelArbitrage
is profiting from a price difference for the same or equivalent asset across mar
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Mental ModelCost of Capital
of capital is the minimum return a company or project must earn to justify using