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Want to beat the stock market? Avoid the cost of ‘being human’

A new study by an ASU researcher shows investors sacrifice wealth by investing in funds run by human 'stock pickers' instead of a market-tracking S&P 500 index fund.

In this story published April 14, 2023, in The Wall Street Journal:

That cost of 'being human,' as Professor Bessembinder puts it, is almost as high as the drag from annual fees.


Hendrick Bessembinder, professor and Francis J. and Mary B. Labriola Chair in Competitive Business

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