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Re:Almost 80% of Private Day Traders Lose Money by yfhsjjskc on Monday August 22, 2016 @11:35PM (#12341217)
I claim that the top 20% (as specified in the headline) could not be reasonably described as "essentially nobody". And the article you linked two posts ago found that more than 20% of funds beat the market.
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Re:Almost 80% of Private Day Traders Lose Money by emodendroket on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @09:06AM (#12343379)
That's over the course of a year, which is not what I would consider a long-term measure. Over the course of the year, sure, you could easily have people who beat the market.
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