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by hippo22 164 days ago
During the dotcom bubble, Alan Greenspan recognized that irrational exuberance was driving the market to unsupported valuations. He said this in 1996. The bubble wouldn’t pop for many years. In fact, the deepest nasdaq market correction was still above the nasdaq value when he initially made his comment. The point is, time in the market > timing the market (at least for most people).
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He then went on to create the housing financial crisis.