Michael Broukhim

Go west, young man

Notes &

“If one were to trade the S&P 500 for one day, the probability of losing money is about 46 percent,” Bernstein states. “However, as one extends that time horizon from one day to one month to one quarter to one year to 10 years, the probability of losing money decreases as the time horizon lengthens.” …

To which I would add this observation from Keynes: “In the long run, we are all dead.”

Why I Fired My Broker - The Atlantic (May 2009)