Reversion To The Mean Quotes

#1. Historically, we have always seen reversion to the mean. After stocks have had an unusually great 10 or 20 years, they typically turn in subpar results over the next 10 or 20, and after bad 10- to 20-year stretches, the next 10 to 20 tend to be above average.

James O'Shaughnessy

#2. Reversion to the mean is the iron rule of the financial markets.

John C. Bogle

#3. American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean.

David Ignatius

#4. Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those who know eternity are called enlightened.

Laozi

#5. Our starting point then was trying to find a way to incorporate mean reversion into the HoLee model.

John Hull

#6. The lesson to be learned from this is that it is often undesirable to go for the right thing first. It is better to get half of the right thing available so that it spreads like a virus. Once people are hooked on it, take the time to improve it to 90% of the right thing.

Richard P. Gabriel

#7. In the Strategy of Pairing, I couple two activities, one that I need or want to do, and one that I don't particularly want to do, to get myself to accomplish them both. It's not a reward, it's not a treat, it's just a pairing.

Gretchen Rubin

#8. The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.

Harold B. Lee

#9. They know the outward shows of this life present but of the next life are they careless. Have they not consider the heavens and the earth and all that is between them but for a serious end, and for a fixed term? But truly most men believe not that they shall meet their Lord.

Elijah Muhammad

#10. We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.

Don Yaeger

#11. History teaches that when valuations are extreme, "mean reversion," a move towards historical norms, is likely. Once value stocks turn, the recovery can be fast and intense.

Robert D. Arnott

#12. Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.

Barry Ritholtz

#13. Yes, our tree has an interesting shape. The center branches reflect the shape of the zero curve. When extreme parts of the tree are reached the branching pattern changes to accommodate the mean reversion.

John Hull

#14. And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant.

Soroosh Shahrivar

#15. I have tried ... believe me, I have tried to like rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old. I have tried to get home with the downies.

Dylan Moran