Market Volatility
topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Market Volatility, every show
Cahn: Long-term market volatility is irrelevant unless overextension causes bankruptcy
“Anything multiplied by zero is zero. And I think that's one of the really tricky things in investing, which is just to say that market volatility doesn't matter in the long run if you have a great business. But if you overextend yourself and then some crash ha…”
Mauboussin: Financial Market Volatility Empirically Clusters in Bunches
“Empirically in finance, we know that's not true. That we know that volatility and shocks tend to come in bunches, right? So, so you get quiet periods interspersed with periods of great volatility, then quiet and volatility and so forth.”