4. The Investment Game Isn’t Rigged, But...
John Nash: “In competitive behavior, someone always loses.”
Charles: “Well, my niece knows that, John, and she’s about this high.”
—From the Academy Award-winning best picture A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Without a doubt, investing in the market is a competitive undertaking. When you lose sight of this fact, you put your portfolio at great risk. For every buyer, there is a seller. And many in the markets believe for that very reason that the markets always have a winner and a loser. Some market pundits think this view is a bit cynical—but not the authors of this book. Buy and Hedge believes that the markets can be very unforgiving to the unprepared.
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