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The brokerage and mutual fund business form a financial colossus that bestrides modern financial, and increasingly, social and political life.

— William J. Bernstein The Four Pillars of Investing (2002)

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Investing is not a destination. It is an ongoing journey through its four continents - theory, history, psychology and business.

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The advent of modern communication technology has simply facilitated the rapid dissemination of increasingly trivial information.

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In finance as in life, there is often a huge chasm between what is expected and what actually transpires.

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