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BURTON MALKIEL

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A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper's financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by experts.

active-managementindex-investingA Random Walk Down Wall Street, 1973

The stock market is not a casino, but if you move in and out of stocks every time they move a point or two, the market will be a casino.

long-term-investingspeculationVarious interviews, 2005

The only investors who should not diversify are those who are right 100% of the time.

diversificationindex-investingVarious interviews and lectures, 2010

The evidence is overwhelming that active managers as a group cannot beat the market after fees.

active-managementfeesWealthfront blog, 2015

Most investors would be better off in an index fund. Rarely does one find a manager who is consistently superior.

consistencyfund-managementA Random Walk Down Wall Street, 12th edition, 2019