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2009-05-26 — ritholtz.com
"Why should investors — or homeowners, for that matter — care much about the opinion representing the consensus view? That consensus missed the credit bubble as it formed, wrongly believed the sub-prime issue were “contained,†and utterly missed the top in housing. If you followed th consensus, o lost 50% of yuor money last year, saw your home value drop 30%, and generally got mangled in most asset classes other than Bonds, Cash and Gold."
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