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Whitney Tilson and John Heins share investing insights for sophisticated professional and individual investors.
Mutual-fund managers who beat the market for a time have a nasty habit of reverting to the mean.
Andrew Feinberg writes about the choices and challenges facing individual investors.
High correlation across asset classes is the norm today. But in the long-run, diversification will still be the key to a winning portfolio.
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