Thus, Keynes, like most of us, lost big money during the 1929 crash and subsequent bear market.But surprisingly he didn't see this as a weakness.He took a positive attitude about bear markets:
"I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes... I would go much further than that. I should say that it is from time to time the duty of a serious investor to accept the depreciation of his holdings with equanimity and without reproaching himself. Any other policy is anti-social, destructive of confidence and incompatible with the working of the economic system. An investor...should be aiming primarily at long-period results, and should be solely judged by these."
"I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes... I would go much further than that. I should say that it is from time to time the duty of a serious investor to accept the depreciation of his holdings with equanimity and without reproaching himself. Any other policy is anti-social, destructive of confidence and incompatible with the working of the economic system. An investor...should be aiming primarily at long-period results, and should be solely judged by these."
