Another predictor of successful weight loss maintenance was a lower level of dietary disinhibition, which is a measure of periodic loss of control of eating. (academic.oup.com)
To paraphrase Keynes, it is the duty of the long - term investor to accept periodic losses and underperformance and act accordingly. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Yet even while there is a tradeoff to alternative hedging strategies from the standpoint of these types of risk, it isn't difficult to choose between them: altering our current approach to increase exposure to rising markets (at the cost of accepting greater periodic losses) typically results in a lower long - term return. (hussmanfunds.com)