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by Renevith 1057 days ago
I'm surprised that this made the front page. This is the investing equivalent of someone new to programming writing a single benchmark of some if statements versus a switch and blogging about which one was faster. The results are far more likely to be random noise than anything meaningful.

I think this type of calculation is valuable exploration for anyone to try out if they are interested in investing, and is a great way to get some hands-on learning with real data. I'm glad for the author and for anyone who reads this and decides to replicate it or extend it for their own practice and leaning. It's just that the results are not notable in the slightest.

Though it's a rare counterexample to Betteridge's Law of Headlines!