Do we have the capability to eliminate booms and busts in economic activity? The answer in my judgment is no, because there is no tool to change human nature. Too often people are prone to recurring bouts of optimism and pessimism.
July 17, 2018
The active manager cannot control his own destiny in times of high market correlation, but when correlation is a normal 26% - or lower - he can “hammer” the market. Correlation is the degree that different securities move together in tandem. The norm of 26% goes back close to a hundred years. Sudden increases in correlation are always...