The key point is as follows:
My nine most important lessons from investing over the last 40 years: there is always a cycle; the crowd gets it wrong at extremes; what you pay for an investment matters a lot; it’s hard to get markets right; investment markets don’t learn; compound interest is like magic when applied to investments; it pays to be optimistic; keep it simple; and you need to know yourself to be a good investor.
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