The point was to show how much variation in performance there's been
historically over shorter time frames compared with a much narrower range in long - term returns.
Not exact matches
Retreating slowly from risk is one way to manage today's ecstatic environment, perhaps by lightening up on
historically expensive assets and shifting
over time into high - quality corporate bonds or
shorter - term fixed income vehicles.
Momentum has
historically outperformed the broader market
over time, and periodic sharp reversals have typically been
short - lived — except in cases of recession or financial crisis.
Historically, nominal GDP growth, corporate revenues, and even cyclically - adjusted earnings (filtering out
short - run variations in profit margins) have grown at about 6 % annually
over time.