Can You Really Beat an Index Fund?

When it comes to investing, there's a heated debate between two groups:

The first group believes the stock market is random. There are no patterns. Price movements are as predictable as a roulette wheel. There's no point in trying to beat the market, because it can't be done except with luck.

If you can't beat the market, join it, they say.  Just buy a diversified basket of stocks and forget about them for a generation. These guys tell you to buy index funds... instruments that blindly follow indices like the S&P 500.
 
Within this group, there is a faction that admits there are patterns in the market, but say most people are not cut out for exploiting them. Our emotional wiring makes us do all the wrong moves - like invest in stock market bubbles and panic at all the wrong times.
 
The other school says it's possible to beat the market. Don't stand for measly 7% annual returns because - with a little discipline and a little research - you can make many times as much.

This argument sits much better with newsletter publishers, stockbrokers, the mutual fund industry, and your financial advisor. It gives clients a reason to use these services, which of course, will make you fabulously wealthy.
 
DailyWealth stands with the second group. And we know the second group is right, because we have a technique that consistently beats the market. The formula is simple: You buy assets of great value that nobody else wants.

True Wealth readers can attest to how well the formula works. The portfolio has beaten the market every year since inception...

Besides, we own every decent book on investing and trading written in the last 100 years. The evidence is huge. Think about it. The market is the sum of millions of human decisions... and humans make mistakes constantly. This will never change.
 
I'll repeat again. The market is not random. It's close enough to stir debate, but it's definitely not random. I'm not saying it's easy to beat. There are many traps and pitfalls to avoid. But with a little discipline and a little knowledge, you can make much more than 10% a year.

Stick with DailyWealth, and we’ll show you how.  Plenty more on this subject to follow...
 
Good investing,

Tom Dyson