Market (In)Efficiency and beating the market
Behavioral inefficiencies are likely the most enduring because human nature has not changed much over time and is unlikely to change much in the future.
Behavioral inefficiencies are likely the most enduring because human nature has not changed much over time and is unlikely to change much in the future.
We think the very term ‘value investing’ is redundant.
Kahneman is telling us that an ordinary person might, without being thought silly or irrational or cowardly, reject the single bet but decide to take on the 100-bet game.
And here’s the difference between the bursting of true stock market bubbles and other stock market routs. When the Dot Com bubble burst it took many many, years for the fallen to recover.
By timing we mean the endeavor to anticipate the action of the stock market – to buy or hold when the future course is deemed to be upward, to sell or refrain from buying when the course is downward. By pricing we mean the endeavor to buy stocks when they are quoted below their fair value and to sell them when they rise above such value.
Buffett is right for an actively managed portfolio and Greenblatt is right for a passive portfolio
And if a person sets out to make profits from security purchases and sales, he is embarking on a business venture of his own, which must be run in accordance with accepted business principles if it is to have a chance of success.
One of the reasons I can have a concentrated portfolio is because I understand what I own.
We are looking for opportunities and we don’t much care what category they’re in
People who succeed in the stock market also accept periodic losses, setbacks, and unexpected occurrences
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