COLUMN-What would Keynes have done?
January 27, 2014 at 12:28 PM EST
CHICAGO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - What many people don't realize about economist John Maynard Keynes is that he was a professional investor, not just a thinker who addressed big issues. Although Keynes did not foresee the crash of 1929 and was nearly wiped out on three separate occasions, he made money during some of the most challenging years - and pioneered some durable investing principles along the way worth following in all market conditions.