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1 FaverShareViewed: 6 TimesQuoted: Bruce talks about behavioural finance and the irrationality of investors, the often ignored mathematical realities of the market, the brutality and danger of short selling (all short sales are treated as short term capital gains), the power and value of franchise and much more!
1 FaverShareViewed: 2 TimesQuoted: Spreads reflect the relative risks of the bonds being compared. The higher the spread, the higher the risk usually is.
Downward slope => bonds outperforming stocks. That has generally been the case the past decade other than from 2003-2007 and recently.
1 FaverShareViewed: 7 TimesQuoted: Although stocks have historically outperformed bonds, that hasn't been the case in recent years. Bonds haven't been just less volatile, they've been more profitable over the last ten years.
1 FaverShareViewed: 6 TimesQuoted: Here’s a fascinating look at corporate bond yields over the past 90 years. I got the data off the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ data bank. This chart shows the yields of Moody’s index of Aaa and Baa seasoned corporate bond yields.
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3 FaversShareViewed: 12 Times1 FaverShareViewed: 14 TimesQuoted: You followed all the rules and put together a diversified investment portfolio. But it still went down along with the rest of the market. What went wrong?
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