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Start With The "You Suck" Graphic

The chart below is a few years old but its grim story is timeless: Virtually all investors do worse than average. Most lag simple index funds by miles!

How is it possible for most investors, including many pros, to lag simple index funds? Isn't average average? The first reason is being in and out of the market at the wrong times. Hunches about the market's direction are usually wrong. Second, chasing fads. Third, falling for stock scams... often penny stock scams. Fourth, several academic studies found that investors trade too often. Put another way, "The More You Trade, The More You Lose."

The damning problem is the average investor is his own worst enemy

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#228	"90 years ago he showed stock forecasting was BS"	swampboots	02/21/21 02:51:47 PM
#227	90 years ago he showed stock forecasting was BS:	bar1080	02/21/21 01:43:02 PM
#226	Watch Buffett's famous "The Bet"	bar1080	02/10/21 10:45:25 AM
#225	"GameStop: An Example Of Why Buffett Stopped Short Selling"	bar1080	01/28/21 12:59:39 AM
#224	Make 20% on Monday; make 20% on Tuesday;	bar1080	01/22/21 04:54:52 PM
#223	Rarely discussed: "High Dividend Yield Stock Scams"	bar1080	01/12/21 12:38:44 PM
#222	"Most stocks are flops: just 1% of stocks	bar1080	01/09/21 03:10:20 PM
#221	How Penny Stocks Work. Old But Still Hilarious.	bar1080	10/10/20 11:42:02 PM
#220	Just asked this on another board but I’ll	quarinteen	08/27/20 07:01:40 PM
#219	LOLOL! “Only thing we know for certain about_technical_analysis	bar1080	07/29/20 08:05:34 AM
#218	*"Investing anti-vaxers."* Why most locals fail.	bar1080	07/18/20 03:06:03 PM
#217	Simplest accounting/footnote nugget:	bar1080	07/11/20 01:00:54 PM
#216	More Proof: "You can't Day Trade For A Living."	bar1080	07/02/20 09:27:38 AM
#214	More recent look at the suck-iness of the	bar1080	02/18/20 01:27:27 PM
#213	On Cult Stocks: A list I put together	bar1080	01/31/20 08:27:07 AM
#212	Q. Should I buy dividend paying stocks?	bar1080	12/07/19 05:49:54 PM
#211	A favorite stock truism: “Far more money has	bar1080	11/30/19 03:31:56 PM
#210	When you look at the trades, why are	kobb	10/04/19 11:26:37 AM
#209	Not sure I understand. Do you have some	bar1080	09/20/19 01:02:49 PM
#208	Any recommendations on a broker that can deposit	BetterCallSaul	09/19/19 02:01:38 PM
#207	Q. Is shorting unscrupulous? There's nothing unscrupulous about	bar1080	08/10/19 08:03:52 AM
#206	Q: Thoughts on taking profits? A:	bar1080	06/08/19 09:34:19 AM
#205	Nauseating watching the "slobbering penny idiots" flipping Sears	bar1080	01/08/19 11:40:34 PM
#204	LOL I love it!	leftovers	01/07/19 05:38:07 PM
#203	Amazing how only penny players worry about market	bar1080	12/26/18 12:17:57 PM
#195	Some of you are enthusiast because you enjoy	thomm	12/08/18 03:24:57 PM
#194	Blah blah blah !!!! LOL bro. Damn	PennysBooyyy	12/03/18 01:15:20 PM
#193	A cerebral discussion: "Average Stock Market Returns Aren’t Average"	bar1080	11/30/18 11:06:18 AM
#192	I was on the internet in the 1990s	bar1080	11/11/18 09:14:29 AM
#191	I wholeheartedly respect and agree with what you	fitz1006	11/10/18 11:05:15 PM
#190	Rnva was and still is hot garbage. I	fitz1006	11/10/18 10:57:49 PM
#189	Almost everything people learn from IHUB about investing	bar1080	11/10/18 11:56:08 AM
#188	Interesting, well that makes sense then on the	fitz1006	11/10/18 09:06:48 AM
#187	You should probably use neither time period. From	bar1080	11/10/18 08:12:03 AM
#186	Q Accumulation/Distribution question.	fitz1006	11/09/18 11:11:58 PM
#185	Here's a fabulous freebie for new investors, a	bar1080	01/27/18 03:23:14 PM
#184	"Often wrong. Never in doubt." No phrase better	bar1080	01/06/18 09:44:03 AM
#183	"Often wrong. Never in doubt." No phrase better	bar1080	01/06/18 09:43:20 AM
#182	Another Stock Fraud That Never Quits. There's no	bar1080	12/31/17 12:50:13 PM
#181	"The Best Penny Stocks? There Aren't Any"	bar1080	10/22/17 09:15:24 AM
#180	Q. Should I buy low priced stocks, and	bar1080	10/20/17 09:06:17 AM
#179	This should help: http://www.legalandcompliance.com/dtc-chill/	bar1080	10/14/17 12:18:44 PM
#178	Q What does it mean when I look	jimmyjam918	10/14/17 10:55:33 AM
#177	You can't conquer it, no one can unless	bar1080	10/01/17 12:23:44 PM
#176	I think there is definitely a sense of	Seskue	10/01/17 12:10:50 PM
#175	If you're drawn to gambling it's best to	bar1080	10/01/17 11:59:55 AM
#174	Yes I see the light and I’m out	Seskue	10/01/17 09:05:56 AM
#173	You keep digging a bigger hole hoping to	bar1080	10/01/17 07:08:41 AM
#172	Q. Are OTC stocks good investments? A. No,	bar1080	09/22/17 09:21:08 AM
#171	How do you post a link "DD" to	Jayell88	08/16/17 01:27:44 PM
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