With 2015 behind us, here’s a chance to review some overall market performance alongside prominent headlines throughout the year. Click the image to view in greater detail.

The slide of the month is a reminder that patient investing provides the ultimate payoff. Though our daily lives require near-term focus, successful investing demands a completely different vantage point. Click here for the full detail behind the image.

40 years ago, Charley Ellis published a paper in The Financial Analysts Journal that was decades ahead of its time. He wrote:

“The investment management business (it should be a profession but is not) is built upon a simple and basic belief: Professional money managers can beat the market. That premise appears to be false.”

He’s a legend in the investment world, a hero to Hill Investment Group, and recently participated in a podcast with Bloomberg that we’ve shared below. It’s one of our favorite interviews to date. Please consider listening to this gem of an interview.

https://soundcloud.com/bloombergview/cfa-charley-ellis-masters-in