Set forth below is the text of a comment that I recently posted to the discussion thread for another blog entry at this site:
So approximately none so far.
There’s no large site today that permits honest posting re the last 44 years of peer-reviewed research. If there were, I would be posting there.
There are lots of places that permit honest posting in their published rules. But there are not any that will protect those posting honestly from the sorts of individuals who have posted in a”defensea” of Mel Lindauer and John Greaney.
Rob
I guess only Tob Bennett knows the truth and determines it all for us. We need to just keep it zipped and let Rob Bennett tell us what to think.
You need to let everybody who believes that Shiller’s Nobel-prize-winning research is legitimate research participate in discussions. Those who believe in research-based strategies have something important to add.
The entire point of doing research is to learn new things. So, when research is published that is so important that it merits a Nobel prize, you should not suppress discussion of it. You should celebrate your good fortune at having been born at a time when that research was available for your consideration.
Rob
Everyone has and continues to discuss Shiller. Of course you got cut off several boards for behavior issues.
Like pointing out the error in the Greaney retirement study.
Rob
No. It is because of behavior issues
Then why hasn’t the study been corrected?
It’s been 23 years.
Rob
Because it didn’t need a correction ( but you know that). Don’t like it? Then do your own study. No one is stopping you.
It doesn’t contain a valuation adjustment, Anonymous. The evidence for that is overwhelming. It shouldn’t take 23 years to settle the matter.
If Buy-and-Hold were a real thing, there wouldn’t be any controversy re the matter. The primary effect of Buy-and-Hold is to take people’s attention away from the most important factor affecting long-term stock investing success — valuations.
Rob
Why should any board owner let you on their board when you ignore what others say and block people on your board?
Because I will talk about what the last 44 years of peer-reviewed research says about how stock investing works. Many do not know and many of those who do know are afraid to speak up because they have seen what the Buy-and-Hold Goon Squads do to those who post honestly re the research. Letting your readers hear both sides of the story takes you out of the fraud zone.
It’s not all about turning a quick buck.
Rob