When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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