#169: How Many Active Managers Beat the S&P500?

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micksonmatch
October 30, 2024

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2009 was the last time the majority of active managers beat the S&P 500.

As you can see from this chart, beating the index is bloody hard. I wonder how many financial advisors or wealth managers would be honest enough to share with their clients that their ability to pick an active manager that will beat the index is as good as a monkey throwing darts at the financial page of the stock market to pick a portfolio.

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