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Waiting for the S&P 500 to revert to the mean is like Waiting for Godot

Ben Valore-Caplan: The human desire for order and predictability may mask the reality of disorder and unpredictability in the financial markets

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Even returns over 20-year spans bear little resemblance to each other

Waiting for the S&P 500 to revert to the mean is like Waiting for Godot

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