Let Compounding Do Its Work

Hendrik Bessembinder’s latest paper asks the question – which US stock has generated the highest long-term returns?[i] The answer is Altria Group (formerly known as Philip Morris). Over 98 years the tobacco company produced a cumulative return of 265,000,000 percent! Based on this it would be easy to write about how lucrative it can be…

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At the Money: Lose the Noise

A constant stream of noise distracts investors: earnings reports, news releases, upgrades, downgrades, economic data, geopolitics. How should we best manage this firehose of distractions? Larry Swedrow, head of financial and economic research at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, speaks with Barry Ritholtz about managing through the noise.

Stillness and The Art of Trading

Following a few recent conversations with both new traders who don’t yet know the correct path and older traders who have strayed I thought this was worth a repop. One of the most persistent things in traders is the desire to be doing something. There is a perennial confusion between effective activity and activity for…

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