Diametrically opposite conclusions about stocks' long-term risk follow from Bodie's methodology (see Financial Analysts Journal, May/June 1995). Bodie's conclusion that stocks' risk increases monotonically with the investment horizon is incorrect. Conventional wisdom about the long-term risk of stocks has not been refuted.
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