The ability of traditional Mutual Fund stock-pickers to deliver out-performance has been decaying for 2 decades. A recent WSJ editorial by renowned finance scholar Burton Malkiel sites the most recent stats published by Standard-&-Poor's and they are absolutely ugly. •“More than 90% of active US managers under-performed their benchmark indexes over a 15-year period.” •“Over 85% [...]
Of the 46 previous declines of -10% or more in the stock market (S&P500), a little more than a third (19) became bear markets, defined as a drop of at least -20%. Most of the -10% pull-backs – as sharp and painful as they are - turned out to be just false signals and momentary detours [...]
I believe America’s economy is exceptional. Despite the many head-winds faced in the last decade, there is no country where I would rather raise my family and pursue my passion - investing. In my first blog I thought that you should get a sense of who I am, so let me do so through a short [...]
