Why Your Fund Manager Can’t Beat Today’s Stock Market

Illustration: Alex Nabaum

The time seems just right for active stock pickers to beat the market. Why, then, are they doing even worse than usual?

It’s a stock picker’s market. So why aren’t more stock pickers doing better?

In theory, active fund managers, who try to pick the best investments and avoid the worst, should excel when some stocks zig as others zag and when the gap between the winners and losers is wide.

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This article was originally published on The Wall Street Journal.


Further reading

Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor