A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper's financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by experts.
Many of us economists who believe in efficiency do so because we view markets as amazingly successful devices for reflecting new information rapidly … - Burton Malkiel
Many of us economists who believe in efficiency do so because we view markets as amazingly successful devices for reflecting new information rapidly …
- Burton Malkiel
Never buy anything from someone who is out of breath. - Burton Malkiel
Never buy anything from someone who is out of breath.
It's not that stock prices are capricious. It's that the news is capricious. - Burton Malkiel
It's not that stock prices are capricious. It's that the news is capricious.
Experience conclusively shows that index-fund buyers are likely to obtain results exceeding those of the typical fund manager, whose large advisory f… - Burton Malkiel
Experience conclusively shows that index-fund buyers are likely to obtain results exceeding those of the typical fund manager, whose large advisory f…
Stupidity well packaged can sound like wisdom. - Burton Malkiel
Stupidity well packaged can sound like wisdom.
I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few ex… - Burton Malkiel
I have become increasingly convinced that the past records of mutual fund managers are essentially worthless in predicting future success. The few ex…
We conclude that hedge funds are far riskier and provide much lower returns than commonly supposed. - Burton Malkiel
We conclude that hedge funds are far riskier and provide much lower returns than commonly supposed.
Index funds do not trade from security to security and, thus, they tend to avoid capital gains taxes. - Burton Malkiel
Index funds do not trade from security to security and, thus, they tend to avoid capital gains taxes.
Index funds have regularly produced rates of return exceeding those of active managers by close to 2 percentage points. Active management as a whole … - Burton Malkiel
Index funds have regularly produced rates of return exceeding those of active managers by close to 2 percentage points. Active management as a whole …
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