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INDEX-INVESTING

The investment management business is built on a simple and false premise: that talented professionals can systematically beat the market.

active-managementindex-investingWinning the Loser's Game, 1985

The average investor would be significantly better off if they indexed everything and stopped reading the financial press.

behavioral-financeindex-investingVarious interviews, 2010

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

diversificationindex-investingVarious interviews and lectures, 2010

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