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by totalZero 2299 days ago
Beating indices in a correlated bull market isn't the same thing as making money consistently.

The contrapositive of your argument is that anyone who is holding cash outperformed the S&P today. Though true, it sounds silly to say that someone who goes about his day with a $100 in his wallet is outperforming the market, no?

In a disperse market, single stocks chosen correctly will outperform the index. In a correlated bull market, the index will outperform.

We are not exactly in a bull market right now.