Oh, it's definitely possible to outperform. And for every bit of that performance someone else is taking the losing side of that bet. What most people must real

Oh, it's definitely possible to outperform. And for every bit of that performance someone else is taking the losing side of that bet. What most people must realize is that as retail investors with no special insight into the market the chance that someone is giving them a chance to be on the winning side of the bets is not great. If you can't identify who the sucker is, it's probably you, so taking the average at low fees is your best bet.