Add in the fact that every recession is different, and we know next to nothing about the forecasting accuracy of the models we rely on.

FORBES: The Economic Forecasts are Wrong, Which is Probably Good News

They retain art advisors (who know next to nothing.) Many wealth management firms recommend clients put 10% of their assets into art and balance this with a comparable weighting in gold.

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When they try to persuade investors, and often themselves, that synergies abound (that two and two equals not merely five but six or more) in their takeovers of firms engaged in activities that they know next to nothing about, companies prefer such euphemisms as multi-industry business or non-related diversification.

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