Editor’s Note: The following article, written by Alex Shahidi and passed on to me by my partner, Jake Crocker, is an interesting take on long-term secular trends in the U.S. stock market. It looks at the financial markets in terms of decades and thus reminds you to focus on forest as opposed to the trees. This is certainly important in the world of investing as well as mission building in the non-profit world.
http://pubs.royle.com/display_article.php?id=964975