Lucas Kohorst

The study assesses expert forecasts on the probability of a nuclear catastrophe by 2045, exploring risk factors, policy impacts, and the effectiveness of communication networks and failsafe reviews in preventing nuclear conflict.

Minimalist Portfolio The most valuable thing simplicity gives you is focus. The most valuable thing focus gives you is the ability to actually figure things out. For a while, I bought whatever stocks seemed interesting or popular. Some went up, some didn’t. I didn’t learn much and it all felt k...

Explores volatility and variance swaps, their properties, uses for trading and hedging volatility exposure, and methods for replication and valuation using options, while addressing practical challenges and implications of volatility skews.