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It certainly is true that people need to check out both sides of the story, Thanker. I’m some guy who posts stuff on the internet. It would make me sick to think that there was somebody out there who had changed his or her investing strategy based solely on something I said. On the other hand, it also troubles me that there are some going with the Passive Investing idea without having checked that one out carefully enough. We all need to be more than a little skeptical of what we pick up from materials we rely on to help us decide what to do with our retirement money.

Otherwise, I don’t spend my time bandying words with nuts.

Let it out and let it in, Thanker. All of us humans are a little nuts from time to time. I am. You are. Robert Shiller is. John Bogle is. All of the humans. It’s the way we were made and there’s no getting around it. The trouble starts when some of us come to think that perhaps we’re above all that.

Rob the Nut

I say this only to warn those who don’t know your reputation and work. Otherwise, I don’t spend my time bandying words with nuts.

Rob

There are some who say that. But most who say it also say that long-term timing has been debunked. Has it?

It’s become unpopular during the longest and strongest bull market in the history of the United States, that much is fair to say. But then long-term timing always becomes unpopular when prices reach the levels that apply today. And it always becomes popular again when prices drop hard, as they must if the markets are to continue to function.

Stocks are like any other asset that can be bought or sold. They offer a stronger value proposition when purchased at reasonable prices. The negative reaction you often hear in response to that claim at times of high prices is an emotional reaction.

Rob

Again, buyer beware, Rob has been thoroughly debunked.

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