The Investment Scientist

“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – Shakespeare

Yesterday, the Dow passed 10,000 again. Predictably, the press kicked up a big storm about it.

Even a relatively unknown like me got a call from a major newspaper asking me to comment whether this was a sign that the market would keep going up. I really struggled to answer. I knew that if I could spin a good story, the reporter would come back to me for more and more comments. Pretty soon, I would look like a stock market guru to my clients and prospects. This would surely be a win-win for me and the newspaper – if only I could bring myself to pretend.

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