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Re:Ask HN: How to Get into Quantitative Trading? on Friday January 26, 2024 @05:39PM (#39149760)
> How many hedge funds are there? A few thousand? How many beat the s&p?

The average index fund fails to outperform the S&P.

How many passive index funds are there worldwide? Thousands? How many beat VTI or S&P500? Answer: QQQ and small cap.

> Of those how much can be attributed statistically to skill rather than luck?

If you are picking S&P as your champion, then I am allowed to pick a hedge fund as my champion.

And Citadel outperforms S&P over 20+ year horizon. Citadel 19% vs S&P 10%.