What incredibly embarrassing truth has Wall Street tried to hide about expert stock picking?

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What incredibly embarrassing truth has Wall Street tried to hide about expert stock picking?

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Investors borrow shares to speculate on absolute failure

When a monkey’s stock picks beat the experts

In a famous decade-long bet, Warren Buffett proved that a boring, unmanaged index fund easily outshines what?

Watching arbitrary red and green lines dictate wealth

First publicly traded company in recorded history was the Dutch East India Company, which officially established the Amsterdam stock exchange in sixteen oh two to crowdfund their incredibly risky global spice voyages.

Warren Buffett won a million-dollar wager in 2017 by proving that a basic S&P 500 index fund could easily outperform highly paid hedge fund managers over ten years.

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