While some investors might get lucky in their attempts to time the market, those successes usually lead to “delusional over-confidence,” writes columnist Barry Ritholtz in a recent Bloomberg article. “As…
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World’s Worst Market Timer: A Story and A Lesson
By Justin Carbonneau Imagine this: 80 years ago, you won a prize that promised 13 payments of $10,000 to be paid out over time. You think you’ve finally got lucky,…
Morningstar: You Can’t Time the Market
Morningstar’s director of investment research, Ian Tam, discusses the importance of staying invested during “critical months” in a recent video. Tam explains the “critical month” concept as the notion that…
Morningstar: Minding the Gap in 2019
A recent article in Morningstar reports the findings of the firm’s annual Mind the Gap study in which it evaluates the cost to investors associated with the timing of investments.…
Ken Fisher Says Time, Not Timing, is Key to Investment Success
In a recent article for USA Today, investment guru Ken Fisher warns that it’s impossible to miss market downturns and that “even the greatest investors are wrong maybe a third…