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.
December 12, 2018
For the past decade, the overwhelming and universally accepted narrative in the investment world has been, “no one can beat the market due to the 1% management fee.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The real cause of active management underperformance has been the high, and historically unusual, degree of stock market correlation. It...