Over 3 million new accounts were opened at Robinhood in the first quarter of this year – a resurgence in individual stock picking in the heart of the COVID-19 shutdown…
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Peter Lynch: You Can’t Beat the Market if You Only Index
Barron’s recently profiled legendary investor Peter Lynch with a lengthy retrospective on his humble beginnings, his successful career at Fidelity and highlights from a December interview. Here are some key…
Warren Buffett: Investors Should Stop Picking Stocks
Warren Buffett claims that owning the S&P 500 index through a low-cost index fund will deliver about the same results as if he chose the stocks, “and maybe slightly better.”…
Vinik is Getting Back into Stock Picking
In an interview with CNBC earlier this year, former Fidelity Magellan fund manager Jeffrey Vinik said he’s resurrecting the hedge fund he closed in 2013, but not just to compete…
Is the Art of Stock Picking Making a Comeback?
A recent article in the Financial Times reports that, since the fourth quarter of 2018, “value has outperformed growth by more than 2 percentage points” which may be signaling a…