Barry Ritholtz: Buy and hold investing is dead

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — To a generation of investors raised to believe in the power of owning stocks for the long run, Barry Ritholtz has a characteristically blunt message: Buy-and-hold investing is dead.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-money-moves-one-quant-trader-is-making-now-2011-08-15

 

From Barry's photo, apparently dieting and exercise is also dead.

 

Did he dig up an article from 2 yrs ago and reprint?

 

The trick is knowing which companies to buy and hold. If you don't know how to choose then, yeah buy and hold is dead.

 

http://www.frmocorp.com/_content/essays/The_Owner_Operator_Company.pdf