With busy lives and a constant barrage of new information, many investors have a somewhat limited view of history from a financial markets/economic/political perspective. Albert Einstein reminds us of the benefits of taking a step back to review the bigger picture in a longer-term historical context:
“Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely nearsighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.” Albert Einstein
