What 150 Years Of Market Crashes Teaches Long-term Investors
One of the most frequently asked questions I have heard mostly over the past month is “how long will markets take to […]
Tag: history
Echoes From Peter Lynch’s 2002 Interview with Louis Rukeyser
Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street Week was one of my favorite “reflective” shows on understanding stocks and stock markets. This is one recorded […]
Comparing Market Crashes: 2020 vs 1929, 1987, 2000 and 2008
The older I get, the more value I find in seeing every day events from a very long term historical perspective. Especially […]
119 Years of Investment Returns, According to Credit Suisse
This morning’s ferry read is the Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2019, for which I have to thank this excellent Twitter […]
When New York Real Estate Lost 50%
In recent memory, the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 is what most of us might think of as the last time when […]
How different investments have performed during recessions
While I am often asked “is now a good time to invest?” in both booming and declining economic times, I have recently […]
List of Oldest Mutual Funds
The mutual fund as we know it today is almost 100 years old, and following important steps in 1934 and 1940 and […]
13 Thought-provoking charts from “Stocks for the Long Run”
I recently re-read the 5th edition of Jeremy Siegel‘s classic book Stocks for the Long Run, and thought it would be worth […]
When Foreign Government Bonds (Sovereign) also give “buy low, sell high” opportunities
One of my favorite books is Ben Graham’s “The Intelligent Investor”. This page from the fourth revised edition (1973) gives a short […]
Book Event "The Singapore Blue Chips" in Hong Kong on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017
My friend and colleague Umesh Desai, author of “The Singapore Blue Chips: The Rewards & Risks of Investing in Singapore’s Largest Corporations” […]