The early- to mid-2000s, when Collum achieved 133% annualized returns during the dot-com crash, represents the greatest trading decade; by contrast, the 2010s (when broader markets returned ~12% annually) yielded only ~4% for Collum due to his cautious positioning for a correction that came much later.
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“my greatest decade was the knots when everyone else was getting crushed by two bear markets I compounded 133% my worst decade were the teens...I got some 4% a year”
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Markets Overvalued by 150% as Dishonest Metrics Hide the Coming 'Catastrophic' Collapse: Dave Collum— Kitco NEWSCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:42:10 PM
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