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Index funds tend to outperform individual stocks anyways, unless you know where the roulette wheel is about to land...
by tppiotrowski 5y ago
Index funds tend to outperform individual stocks anyways, unless you know where the roulette wheel is about to land...
- craftinator 5y ago> unless you know where the roulette wheel is about to land And I think this is the whole idea behind keeping them from trading individual stocks, because they have priveleged information that may tell them exactly where it will land, plus they often have the power to force it to land in a particular way.
- dmitrygr 5y agoThat's precisely the point. They affect the wheel and can affect it mightily.
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- Armisael16 5y agoIn the public market, yes. This is not necessarily true of private investments.
- inter_netuser 5y agoNothing is going to change this. Maybe very harsh term limits and blind trusts, and some serious anti-corruption laws. Basically. keep dreaming.