
Astronauts onboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule approach the International Space Station on May 31st (photo via SpaceX).
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As you may recall, Nassim Nicholas Taleb warned last month that stock market investors should add tail risk hehsdges. Taleb’s main rationale for hedging tail risk then still applies: namely, the impact of COVID-19 on economy. Michelle Jones summarized Taleb’s rationale this way:
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