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Fischer Black, an Uncommon card
Fischer Sheffey Black, Jr. was an American economist, best known as one of the co-authors of the Black–Scholes option pricing model.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 31,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Fischer Black quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fischer Black card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also proposed ideas in monetary economics and in theories of the ______ cycle.
Answer
business. He also proposed ideas in monetary economics and in theories of the business cycle. From the Fischer Black article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nikola Karabatić. Nikola Karabatić 67 · Fischer Black 64 · Winch 59 · Wellington Monument, Dublin 51 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He held academic positions at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, later working at Goldman Sachs.
- In addition to his work on option pricing, Black made important contributions to the development of the capital asset pricing model.
- He also proposed ideas in monetary economics and in theories of the business cycle.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fischer Black article was read about 31,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Fischer Black
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fischer Black (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dalmatine at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
