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Look at the manufactured joke hold its “gains.” Sure, no profit taking, no selling. I assume we won’t see the market give up 90% of today’s manufactured “gains” in the last 15 minutes, in the same way it gives up its losses. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say they’re trying to manufacture a [...]

By RICHARD CROFT
From the National Post
An appropriate benchmark is probably one of the most important aspects of long-term investing. Yet, most individual investors have never thought much about benchmarks.
A benchmark is important from a couple of perspectives: (1) It provides a basis to compare how you are doing against a passive alternative, and (2) [...]