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PETER BERNSTEIN

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Diversification is the only rational deployment of our ignorance.

diversificationportfolio-theoryVarious interviews and writings, 2000

The fundamental law of investing is the uncertainty of the future.

investingriskAgainst the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, 1996

The riskiest moment is when you are right. That is when you put on too much weight, get overconfident, and lose discipline.

disciplineoverconfidenceInterview, Financial Analysts Journal, 2004

The market is smarter than we are and always will be.

humilityinvestingCapital Ideas Evolving, 2007

Without a command of probability theory, you are just a gambler in the dark.

decision-makingprobabilityAgainst the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, 1996