Wealth preservation: an illusion?
This is the second in a short series of posts on the recent update of the Dimson-Marsh-Staunton long-term return study sponsored by Credit Suisse. Barron’s publishes annual lists of the richest families in the US and around the world. One striking aspect of those lists is the absence in the top 100 of the great […]
The long-term risk of bonds
This is the first in a short series of posts on the recent update of the Dimson-Marsh-Staunton long-term return study sponsored by Credit Suisse. The Dimson-Marsh-Staunton study, first published twelve years ago under the title Triumph of the Optimists, covers a number of important investment issues based on an abundance of statistical information on equities, […]