“You don’t paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.”

--Kris Kristofferson

I doubt the country music legend was referring to employing a trend-following investment discipline when he uttered this profundity, but the parallels here to investing are obvious. I recommend that you heed this sound, homespun wisdom in both your daily life -- and in your portfolio.

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