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Topic: investing-basics

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Monday, 6/29, 06:43 AM

'Buy the Haystack': Why Index Funds Beat Stock-Picking for Most Investors

The late index-fund pioneer John Bogle had a famous piece of advice: don't hunt for the needle, just buy the haystack.
Decades of data explain why owning the whole market through a low-cost tracker fund beats trying to pick winning stocks — for most people, most of the time.

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