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...Skeptics claim that statistics such as these are biased in favor of equities because they are derived solely from long-term U.S. data. But the excellent historical returns of stocks are not limited to the U.S. Three U.K. economists - Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton - have examined the historical stock and bond returns from 16 countries since 1901 and published their research in a book entitled Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns. Despite wars, bouts of hyperinflation and depressions, stock investors in all 16 countries examined enjoyed high returns that outpaced fixed-income assets...
...Setting the Record Straight Better Than We Said Our MILESTONE on the death of football star Elroy ("Crazylegs") Hirsch [Feb. 9] said that during the Los Angeles Rams' 1951 championship season, Hirsch caught 10 touchdown passes. In fact, during that season, he scored 17 touchdowns...
...DIED. ELROY (Crazylegs) HIRSCH, 80, Hall of Fame receiver for the Los Angeles Rams; in Madison, Wis. After three injury-plagued years with the Chicago Rockets, he became a star after the Rams switched him from running back to split end. During the team's 1951 championship season, he caught 10 touchdown passes...
...DIED. ELROY ("CRAZYLEGS") HIRSCH, 80, Hall of Fame Los Angeles Rams' receiver who resurrected his career after a stint as a running back with the woeful Chicago Rockets; in Madison, Wisconsin. Hirsch, who gained his nickname from his ungainly running style, suffered three injury-plagued losing seasons with the Rockets. But at Los Angeles, Hirsch became one of American football's first great receivers, catching 10 touchdown passes during the team's 1951 championship season...
...bull market has been butchered, and now a brilliant new book, Triumph of the Optimists (Princeton), by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton of London Business School, casts doubt on Siegel's research...