Individual Stocks Don’t Even Beat Treasury Bills: James Saft. February 1, 2017. “Fewer than 1 in 5 [professional stockpickers] beat the S&P 500 in 2016, driving half a trillion dollars of investors cash into indexes, primarily through passively managed exchange-traded funds.” CNBC. Stock ...
“If you want to be a stock picker, you had better be a truly exceptional one because the alternative is not pleasant.While stock markets in aggregate hugely outperform bonds, especially one-month Treasury bills, the story when it comes to individual stocks is a lot more daunting. Only 42 ...