Hi Guys,
We think deeply and often talk about our strategies to outperform the various markets, but our success rates are close to dismal. No, I’m wrong! They are dismal. Only about 5% of us manage to win this challenging task! Why?
We underestimate the many factors that both influence the complex marketplace while we consistently overestimate our abililiries to evaluate them. That is a recipe for disaster, and disaster is indeed the common ending. It seems like the less I try to outplay this game, the better I do. These days I just ignore the daily predictions and their predictors. This works for me. Trying harder generates poorer outcomes for me. What works for you?
Here is a Link to an article with a few insightful and interesting comments and statistics.
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/more-evidence-that-its-really-hard-to-beat-the-market-over-time-95-of-finance-professionals-cant-do-it/I especially liked the following paragraph:” Similarly, over the 15-year investment horizon, 92.43% of large-cap managers, 95.13% of mid-cap managers, and 97.70% of small-cap managers failed to outperform on a relative basis.“
I wish you all successful investing and realize the huge odds against that global outcome. We can’t all be winners.
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p.s. to add: This discussion topic easily fits in the 'Fund Discussions' category FWIW.
The period of 15 years including 2008 covers a full market cycle. Out-perform their respective benchmarks consistently is challenging with active managed funds. There is nothing wrong with getting market return.