Index funds beat the experts!

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Submitted by lyle (United States), Mar 1, 2018 16:39

It proves that long term you just can't beat the market. How much would Harvard have saved if they had just adopted the simple portfolio you suggested. But of course that does not buy the fund managers their yachts, which is the really important thing. Another sign that a lot of the financial world needs a serious trimming.

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Harvard ignores its own Nobel Prize faculty - gets dismal results for its endowment [490 words]LawrenceMar 1, 2018 19:33
A 1% allocation into cryptocurrency would have worked wonders [5 words]Adam WildavskyMar 1, 2018 19:03
⇒ Index funds beat the experts! [58 words]lyleMar 1, 2018 16:39

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