Why can an individual investor beat the market but many professional investors do not? Also, if it is so hard to beat the market, why not just invest in an index fund? -
![large cap mutual funds: 57% large cap funds fail to beat their benchmarks over 20 years. What should you do? large cap mutual funds: 57% large cap funds fail to beat their benchmarks over 20 years. What should you do?](https://img.etimg.com/photo/msid-76400526,quality-100/graph.jpg)
large cap mutual funds: 57% large cap funds fail to beat their benchmarks over 20 years. What should you do?
![Do Hedge Funds beat the market? - I analyzed the performance of 5000+ Hedge Funds over the past 24 years and benchmarked it against SP500. Here are the results! : r/wallstreetbets Do Hedge Funds beat the market? - I analyzed the performance of 5000+ Hedge Funds over the past 24 years and benchmarked it against SP500. Here are the results! : r/wallstreetbets](https://preview.redd.it/rrgu9o8705g71.png?width=882&format=png&auto=webp&s=781036d4ac5a896c8ed5bf391b623255f1f5898a)
Do Hedge Funds beat the market? - I analyzed the performance of 5000+ Hedge Funds over the past 24 years and benchmarked it against SP500. Here are the results! : r/wallstreetbets
![My dad told me to invest in Index Funds because "individual traders never beat the market". Gain 69k : r/wallstreetbets My dad told me to invest in Index Funds because "individual traders never beat the market". Gain 69k : r/wallstreetbets](https://preview.redd.it/s7zjwlg584n71.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=aa216d7dda95ef1bd68fa67229ba17fbd372856b)
My dad told me to invest in Index Funds because "individual traders never beat the market". Gain 69k : r/wallstreetbets
![More Evidence That It's Really Hard to 'beat the Market' over Time, ~90% of Finance Professionals Can't Do It | American Enterprise Institute - AEI More Evidence That It's Really Hard to 'beat the Market' over Time, ~90% of Finance Professionals Can't Do It | American Enterprise Institute - AEI](https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SPIVA2020.png)