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The Irrelevant Investor

Michael Batnick · 2 Dec 2016

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  1. Our reading

    The classic 60/40 portfolio returns of the last 35 years will not be matched over the next 35 years.

    Their wordsIt's hard to imagine that these results will be matched over the next 35 years, which has a lot of people looking to alternative ways of managing a portfolio.

  2. Our reading

    It may be more difficult to endure prolonged periods of underperformance while the rest of the world is performing well than it is to stay in stocks through a bear market.

    Their wordsI can't prove this, but I'd imagine it's more difficult to go through prolonged periods of underperformance while the rest of the world is singing Kumbaya than it is to stay in stocks through a bear market.

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