Investors rely on absolute return to define how an asset or portfolio performed over a certain period. Relative return is the difference between the absolute return and the performance of the market.

Given the latest market run, I am getting a lot of questions about chasing returns and individuals comparing themselves to the S&P 500 index. The flaw of human nature is that whatever we have is ...

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A couple of years ago, I wrote about absolute versus relative returns. Given the latest market run, I am getting a lot of questions about chasing returns, and individuals comparing themselves to the S ...