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Alpha implies your portfolio manager is a genius

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Finding a stock broker who consistently beats the market is statistically similar to finding a mythological unicorn. Alpha represents the excess return an investment generates beyond the market average, serving as the ultimate bragging metric for highly paid portfolio managers desperately trying to justify their exorbitant management fees.

Alpha implies your portfolio manager is a genius
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