Someone who claims that the signs of the impending financial disaster were obvious all along, despite never having mentioned anything at the time or having acted to avoid it happening. More generally, someone who uses hindsight to make observations.
That guy has lost billions by trading in poisonous debts, but now he has a new career in the media as a hindscientist.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.