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A devil’s advocate might argue that these assumptions themselves are a characteristic of a late bull market, when everyone is kicking themselves for not being 100% — or 150% — invested in stocks.

Another member of our group shouted, “It is the work of the devil!”

With that, the former king of a former Wall Street lifted the plate that held his appetizer and asked, sweetly, “Would you like a deviled egg?”

Expedia Group Inc. is a good example of how it can sometimes be better to embrace the devil you know, rather than keep trying to find ways to defeat it.

"The devil is in the details," he said, explaining that many previous studies rely on open-ended questions, a method known as spontaneous reporting.