Some time ago, I came across a lesser known gem about investing on the Internet. This is a speech delivered almost 40 years ago by an otherwise forgotten investment manager of a long-gone fund management firm called Batterymarch. The speech has become something of a legend, being passed along on the web as one of the classics of clear thought and fundamentally useful ideas about investing. The title of this speech is “Trying Too Hard”. Surely there’s no such thing as trying too hard? It turns ou ..
