iBall interviews David Schwartz
January 25th, 2008David Schwartz is a stockmarket historian. In that, he is probably unique.
We all know that history repeats itself. So what lessons does that have for us poor beaten-up investors?
Well, there’s good news and of course not so good. Either way, listen carefully because there’s real dynamite in there.
And, just to cheer everyone up, there’s a quiz too - the winner gets a bottle of the editor’s fizz, so get stuck in.
1.What was the starting date of the FTSE100 index?
2.What is the largest number of daily declines in the FTSE100?
3.What was the biggest ever three-day gain on the FTSE100?
Email your answers to steve.mcdowell[at]iii.co.uk
Good luck
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The old cliché has it that as far as the stockmarket is concerned one should go away in May and come back again on St Leger Day. What? And miss out on all the fun? Reeling retailers. Broken banks. Crunching credit. There’s so much more than mere capital accumulation, yield and dividend. Not only are there bargains out there but also more than the odd laugh. Click on the portfolio to see how our writers have got on against the market.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Well worth watching. Such evidence makes me feel more comfortable with my market action.
January 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Very interesting and enthusiastically presented. I shall now be tuning into iBall every week.
January 26th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I was unable to get video to play correctly it only ran in millisecond bursts.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Looks clever now but has been saying that we are about to hit a bear market for the past three years! He’s lost a fortune sitting on cash for that long and so has anyone who has listened to him!