Comments on: An Interview with Ben Stein, Part 2 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:21:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Dave Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:24:39 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/#comment-1662 It seems to me that investing in a portfolio composed of fixed-income and equities with some allocation, and rebalancing every so often to keep that same allocation would achieve almost the same thing. It would cause you to buy more fixed-income when the stock market is overvalued and pick up more stocks when it is undervalued. But it takes out the guesswork and explicit market timing. It seems to me that investing in a portfolio composed of fixed-income and equities with some allocation, and rebalancing every so often to keep that same allocation would achieve almost the same thing. It would cause you to buy more fixed-income when the stock market is overvalued and pick up more stocks when it is undervalued. But it takes out the guesswork and explicit market timing.

]]> By: Matt http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Matt Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:59:47 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/#comment-1477 With a sufficiently long time horizon and a behavior set like Stein describes, it'd be really hard to lose money with that kind of "market timing". Of course, I wouldn't think of that analysis as market timing...to me it seems like merely what anyone with common sense who looked at that set of data would do. It's interesting to know, though, the particular statistics he considers worth watching. With a sufficiently long time horizon and a behavior set like Stein describes, it’d be really hard to lose money with that kind of “market timing”. Of course, I wouldn’t think of that analysis as market timing…to me it seems like merely what anyone with common sense who looked at that set of data would do.

It’s interesting to know, though, the particular statistics he considers worth watching.

]]> By: Flexo http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Flexo Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:39:06 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/#comment-1475 Thanks for bringing us the Ben Stein interview! Thanks for bringing us the Ben Stein interview!

]]> By: sean http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1471 sean Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:47:18 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/01/23/an-interview-with-ben-stein-part-2/#comment-1471 <blockquote cite="">I’ve never been one for timing the market, no matter how you define it.</blockquote> I hear you there... it takes just a time or two of mis-timing the market to turn a net gain into a net loss.

I’ve never been one for timing the market, no matter how you define it.

I hear you there… it takes just a time or two of mis-timing the market to turn a net gain into a net loss.

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