If you’re worried about stocks taking a period of many, many years to recover following the recent market plunge, Mark Hulbert offers some insightful — and encouraging — news in The New York Times. While many have cited the fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average took 25 years to get back to its pre-Great-Depression [...]
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A “Superinvestor” and Other Depression Survivors Weigh In
April 7, 2009
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Very interesting piece from SmartMoney’s Reshma Kapadia in the magazine’s new May issue. (It doesn’t appear to be available online yet; when it is, we’ll add the link). With all the recent talk about whether the U.S. is headed into — or is already in — a depression, Kapadia interviewed three money managers who actually [...]
Read moreWant to Avoid Another Depression: Stop Talking About It
February 24, 2009
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They say that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But, when it comes to the “Great Depression” comparisons now springing up amid this terrible economic climate, an equally fitting adage might be that those who dwell too much on history are doomed to repeat it — that’s essentially what Robert [...]
Read moreCommodities Specialist Rogers: Things Could Get Worse — Much Worse
December 12, 2008
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While several prominent bears have turned bullish lately, there is by no means a consensus that we’re on the verge of a turnaround. Take Jim Rogers, the international investor and commodities guru who predicted the credit bubble crash two years ago. Rogers tells Fortune in its 2009 investment preview that “this may turn into the Great [...]
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