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by bdkoepke 4032 days ago
How are you controlling for survivor bias?

Unless these investors are highly leveraged, have insider information, or are simply 'lucky' (or a combination of all three) I would assume survivor bias... The best proprietary firms in the world don't make 50% per year...

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Investment ideas are shared in a Twitter-like feed so regardless of performance all ideas get the same visibility on Instavest. Whether or not people decide to follow the idea is up to them. At the end of the day, Instavest is a market and funds will flow to quality.