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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by wavemode on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:35AM (#46136537)
You can still play the market with index funds. For example if someone knew that Trump was about to announce new tariffs they would sell to dodge the brief market panic.
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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:03PM (#46136955)
Index funds are also heavily exposed to tech these days: https://www.slickcharts.com/sp500

So they aren’t really immune to sector changes (like a bill banning AI would crash it very heavily).

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Re:Congressional lawmakers 47% pts better at picking stocks by j45 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @01:24PM (#46138025)
Except, AI won't be banned. Maybe access to AI becomes a moat of sorts.
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