An apt G.K. Chesterton quote which I’ve seen in a number of financial presentations lately:
“The real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one. The commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.”
– from Orthodoxy (1909)
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And then of course there is my personal favorite somewhat related quote from John Maynard Keyes:
“Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”
Cheers- Jason