Posted by on Sep 1, 2016 

Image credit: Nikolaus Knupfer, “Solon Before Croesus,” ca 1650-1652, J. Paul Getty Museum

 

I did this interview with the renowned investment consultant Charley Ellis in June 2001. It still rings true, because wisdom never goes out of style. I especially like the part where he talks about how investing, like manufacturing cookies or toothpaste, is supposed to be boring: “If you find anything interesting, you’ve found something wrong.”

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Source: Money Magazine, June 2001

http://jasonzweig.com/wall-streets-wisest-man/