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Survivorship Bias in Financial History: The Crises We Don't Remember

Financial History and Market Crises • Beginner Investing • 6 min

For every historical crash that actually happened, there were countless warnings and predictions about crashes that never occurred. Financial history often forgets most of these. Survivorship bias is at play here. It shapes our memory of financial forecasting. We tend to remember the predictions that were right. Those authors become celebrated figures. But the many predictions that were wrong fade away, creating a…

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