tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post110360427948772840..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: Answering Some CommentsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1103734336792323842004-12-22T11:52:00.000-05:002004-12-22T11:52:00.000-05:00The best way to lose (or underperform) money inves...The best way to lose (or underperform) money investing, is to trade often in hopes of beating the average. <br /><br />Long term, buy and hold is the best strategy. You can't get any more long term than investing a small percentage of each paycheck over a 50 year long working life, in index funds.Patrick Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948365865741313524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1103694029925398772004-12-22T00:40:00.000-05:002004-12-22T00:40:00.000-05:00I have been wondering: is there a statistical brea...I have been wondering: is there a statistical breakdown of where stock market gains (or losses) go by investor decile?<br /><br />If the market averages 6% per year (as I recall) over the long haul, some beat that number and some don't. Joe six-pack does not beat that number. I suspect the old money with 7 and 8 figure accounts at the big brokerages houses beat the number. Some will lose money inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1103655540968373422004-12-21T13:59:00.000-05:002004-12-21T13:59:00.000-05:00Professor Samwick: I read your blog because you ar...Professor Samwick: I read your blog because you are considered one of the grown-up Republicans by Professor Delong. These days I count you among the unicorns of the Republican ilk.<br /><br />Although the timing and size of the tax cuts seem to meet your approval, what about the skew? Who got them and what did they do with them? Our jobs have not recovered. And there is growing evidence that someAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1103650071893183502004-12-21T12:27:00.000-05:002004-12-21T12:27:00.000-05:00Whether it's a "crisis" is a matter of semantics. ...Whether it's a "crisis" is a matter of semantics. And those basing their arguments on that are ignoring the fundamental economics. Probably deliberately, in the maneuvering to avoid being the messenger who delivers the bad news.<br /><br />Here's the pictorial of the economics:<br /><br />http://flyunderthebridge.blogspot.com/2004/12/two-bananas-still-no-crisis.html<br /><br />Note that when Patrick Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948365865741313524noreply@blogger.com