Discover how tail risk impacts portfolios, why rare financial events matter, and strategies for safeguarding investments against significant, unexpected losses.

Tails is a Linux distribution most famously used by Edward Snowden. Boot Tails from a live DVD, USB drive, or SD card and it will turn any PC into a more private and anonymous system. Tails forces all ...

The developers of Tails released the new version last week. According to the release notes, they have updated many firmware packages in particular, which should improve support for newer hardware such ...

The Harvard Business Review has an interesting analysis of the viability of the "long tail" concept. In looking at comparative sales of video and music, researchers Anita Elberse and Felix ...

After the makers of the Linux distribution Tails recently had to release an emergency update, the distribution is now entering calmer waters. Updated core components and minor bug fixes, such as for ...

The well known acceptance/rejection algorithm for generating random values on a computer is specialized for distribution tails. Using an exponential majorizing function and a linear minorizing ...