William Bernstein

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John Templeton: “The four most dangerous words in investing are ‘This time it’s different’ ” Photograph: PA/Wire
Trading truisms and time-tested investment adages

Sometimes, you can find more wisdom in a single sentence than in an entire book, and that’s particularly true amongst the investment and trading frate(...)

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange: even novice investors can grasp the simple logic underpinning the case for diversification. Photograph: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Diversification: what is the size of the ideal stock portfolio?

Everyone knows the old cliché about not putting all your eggs in one basket. A diversified portfolio might consist of different asset classes such as (...)

The growth rate in Twitter users has fallen in every quarter since Twitter’s market debut 21 months ago.
Stocktake: Unloved Twitter remains a risky bet

Last week was another lousy one for Twitter. The stock plunged 14 per cent following its earnings report, and is now almost 60 per cent below December(...)

Masters of the Word – How Media Shaped History, William Bernstein
  • Books
  • July 20, 2013, 01:00

William Bernstein very likely wishes that he had been perhaps six months later in furnishing his publishers with the final text of Masters of the Word(...)