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  • Moneo@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Oftentimes people who obsess over crunching numbers and doing lots of research, will rarely make more than if they just bought index funds.

    I’m pretty sure like 95% of people who are paid to beat the market perform worse than index funds over any period greater than 5 years. I’m procrastinating at work so I’m going to be one of those annoying people that tell you to go research it yourself, but ya. From everything I’ve heard essentially nobody beats the market over long periods of time, it’s a losing battle. Just buy index funds and wait.

    It’s boring but it’s the smartest thing to do.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      like 95% of people who are paid to beat the market perform worse than index funds over any period greater than 5 years.

      Not too crazy to imagine, especially with how the markets have been behaving recently. Index funds have been having crazy returns the last year or so.