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Howard Marks:The Role of Confidence, Excerpt 6

Howard Marks《The Role of Confidence》· The Role of Confidence · Wealth · Investing · Cognition · Decision

I often say the riskiest thing in the world is widespread belief that there’s no risk. And certainly that was the prevailing condition in the pre-crisis years of 2005-07, as well as during the tech bubble of the late 1990s. In both instances the “era of well-being” was followed by a significant economic slowdown and market decline. A feel-good environment characterized by strong confidence creates pleasant current conditions but encourages dangerous behavior and an ascent (in the economy and the markets) from which a correction becomes inevitable.

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