Thursday, August 30, 2012

SEC says stock picking should be left to the pros

A rather humorous take on a recent SEC study on "retail investors" - that's you and me (in academic finance they - we - are called "noise traders").    Bottom line, many US retail investors are seriously financially illiterate.

Yet another reason to index, if you needed one.



HT Felix.
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