Comments on: History Never Repeats Itself, But It Often Rhymes

By: What to Do Now? Time to Get Your House in Order « Investing Caffeine

What to Do Now? Time to Get Your House in Order « Investing Caffeine — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:07:12 +0000

[...] It has been an incredible roller coaster ride over the last two years, both on the way down, and for those still in the game…on the way up. Most prospects I come across are perplexed with how quickly their portfolios unraveled in 2008 and are scratching their heads with respect to how quickly markets have bounced back in 2009. Am I surprised? Certainly the speed and degree was surprising, but we’ve seen these cycles many times (see earlier story: History Never Repeats Itself, But It Often Rhymes). [...]

By: Happy Birthday Investing Caffeine! « Investing Caffeine

Happy Birthday Investing Caffeine! « Investing Caffeine — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:16:45 +0000

[...] History Never Repeats Itself, But It Often Rhymes [...]

By: crisismaven

crisismaven — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:50:53 +0000

These are all very valid observations, however, there is one thing that sets this market and crisis apart from all (!) its predecessors: only since 1971 we have this extreme inflation of the monetary base (see statistics). then only since 1998 (LTCM) 2000/2001 (dotcom buble) and finally 2007/2008 (housing crisis) have we seen the monetary base explode at ever faster rates, this last time twenty fold. This is the end game, when now the ARM tsunami hits followed by sure sovereign default in, at the latest, a few years.

By: Banking Crisis Broken Record: 1907 vs. 2007 | Stocks and Sectors

Banking Crisis Broken Record: 1907 vs. 2007 | Stocks and Sectors — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:01:21 +0000

[...] crises. And unfortunately, the financial crisis of 2008-2009 will not be our last (read more about rhyming history). Robert F. Bruner, professor and Dean at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, [...]

By: Banking Crisis Broken Record: 1907 vs. 2007 | Reaction Radio

Banking Crisis Broken Record: 1907 vs. 2007 | Reaction Radio — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:58:21 +0000

By: Banking Crisis Broken Record (1907 vs. 2007) « Investing Caffeine

Banking Crisis Broken Record (1907 vs. 2007) « Investing Caffeine — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:02:23 +0000

By: Hordac

Hordac — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:50:13 +0000

You must have an exit plan. I’m not smart enough to know what is going to happen over the next several years. However ,there are lots of smart people that say we will move on and up (ie: the economy and the markets) and there are a lot of smart/unbiased people who say this is it.. We will be bottom out over the next several years where we once started this great bull market back ito 1991 levels. My advice- employ risk management have an exit plan.

By: Back to the Future: Mag Covers (Part I) « Investing Caffeine

Back to the Future: Mag Covers (Part I) « Investing Caffeine — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:08:03 +0000

[...] to realize as Mark Twain famously stated, “History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes” (read previous market history article). In that vein, let us take a look at a few covers from the [...]

By: sidoxia

sidoxia — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:36:12 +0000

Sounds like you’re learning from your past mistakes, and all the great investors I follow do the same. I do my best to not repeat previous blunders, but even the best like Warren Buffett suffer from mistakes (e.g. his investments in newspapers like Washington Post, COP when oil prices peaked, Irish banks that lost -89% of their value). Regarding your allocation, unfortunately my answer is, “it depends.” A lot will depend upon many factors, including your age, how much you have saved, estate planning goals, liquidity needs, risk tolerance, tax situation, etc. Regardless, I view investing as a religion, in that many individuals have similar goals in achieving some type of higher spirituality. Well, in investing, investors can make profits following different styles. My investing religion is long-term, low-cost, tax-efficient, diversified portfolios/strategies and I customize portfolios to each individual’s situation. Hope that helps…WS

By: RD

RD — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:12:17 +0000

This sounds as if it was written for me as I have been more of what you shouldn’t do, namely listen to the CNBC, other bone-head media and making many knee-jerk decisions.

I am now invested in 20% large caps or S&P fund, 20% International, 16% bonds, and 44% Nasdaq or small cap fund.

I also get Social Security and a retirement pension.

What am I doing wrong?