In his book "The Black Swan", Nassim Nicholas Taleb proposes a barbell portfolio with 85% to 90% in extremely safe instruments (like U.S. Treasuries) and 10% to 15% in low probability, high impact Positive Black Swan Stocks. Please comment or e-mail me with your ideas for Positive Black Swan Stocks.
Ultra Petroleum is a past example of a Black Swan Stock
Between the year 2000 and 2008, Ultra Petroleum went from $0.20 cent a share to a split adjusted $200 a share equating to a 1000 multiple gain of your investment in eight years.
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