Xiurui (Ray) Chen

Cincinnati Country Day School '28

[about me coming soon]

Research Interests1subject to change :)

Selected Work

more to come...

Digital Garden

in fieri

Off the Record

The quieter side. Things I think about when I'm not thinking about markets or models.
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Currently Reading
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman · Psychology / Economics
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The two-system framework keeps reappearing in everything I study. System 1 is why markets overshoot; System 2 is what we pretend we're always using.
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · Probability / Philosophy
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Re-reading. The antifragility chapters hit differently the second time. Taleb's contempt for forecasters is genuinely funny.
Godel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter · Logic / Music / Art
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Slowly working through this one. Strange loops everywhere. The fugue chapters are mind-bending.
When Genius Failed
Roger Lowenstein · Finance / History
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The LTCM story is a masterclass in what happens when brilliant people forget about tail risk.
Things I Care About
Chess Golf Hiking Chinese Cooking Jazz Typography Hand-pulled Noodles Long Walks

"The most interesting people are the ones who are interested in everything."

— I don't remember who said this