Re:A Man Who Abandoned Value
by brianmtully on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @10:08PM
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I've had a 210% year toying around with stocks. I just assumed everyone had been doing well since the drop last March.
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Since on average everyone gets the market return someone must be underperforming the market in order for you to be overperforming.
Most people (at least retail investors) don't measure doing "well" against a benchmark. i.e everyone can be doing well in a bull market.
Re:A Man Who Abandoned Value
by bpodgursky on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @11:08PM
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Technically true, but the market as a whole is up so much that I think everyone can be doing well even if a few people are pulling 200% returns.
Re:A Man Who Abandoned Value
by justaguy88 on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @11:00PM
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Or maybe everyone did go up, but just haven't gone down yet in the bubble pop
Re:A Man Who Abandoned Value
by jbverschoor on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:18AM
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The USD bubble?
By definition the median investor makes what the total market return is. Something like VTI is up 25% since Jan 1 2020. If tech investors outperformed a lot, there are lots of boomers who haven't kept up.