A single stock no (usually 1 in 3 perform disappointingly) but a collection of stocks sure. They are all companies you never heard of and has worked out just fi

A single stock no (usually 1 in 3 perform disappointingly) but a collection of stocks sure. They are all companies you never heard of and has worked out just fine for me. Usually opportunities come from time to time. For example us met coal mines during covid. ESG boomed and funds dropping them, banks stopped giving new loans, supply chain messed up, priced for bankruptcy. Plenty of people treated met coal the same as thermal coal. Clearly steel is was not going away so a couple hand picked west virginian and alabama met coal mines did wonders. I spend a lot of time researching calling emailing companies there is no free lunch. Its fun and makes me very good money. Anyway Im not going to peddle my small caps here. Indexing is still the best strategy in general.