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Welcome, Cracked.com Readers!

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Now this is a pleasant, if unlikely surprise.
If you're coming to the site from Cracked.com's The 6 Most Statistically Full of Shit Professions, you're certainly in for some fun.

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Stock Picking Experts vs. Coin Flippers: Who Wins?

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At this point, if you still think there really are people who are experts at picking stocks, I've got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
But I'm going to pile it on with even more irrefutable evidence that stock picking experts don't exist, and if you're paying someone to actively manage your investments, you're losing [...]

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The Best Argument Against Stock Picking Experts

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You know that there's no such thing as a stock picking expert and that most actively managed mutual funds can't even beat their indexes.
So if you're being sold on investing with a broker or in a "proven" mutual fund, there's a legitimate question you have to ask yourself: why?
Obviously, the salesman is trying to make [...]

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There's No Such Thing as a Stock Picking Expert

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There's no such thing as a stock picking expert. There's no such thing as a stock picking expert. There's no such thing as a stock picking expert.
Say it with me … "There's no such thing as a stock picking expert."
And it's never been more obvious than now.
It's basically been proven that monkeys can pick stocks [...]

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The Newest Investing Scam You Need to Know About

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There's a reason why index funds are your best choices for investing:

they don't try to time the market
they have low management costs
they own an entire segment of the market (or the whole market), so there's no stock picking involved

This is not news. Study after study has proven that index funds are the best way to [...]

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Weekend Linkage: 10,000, 401(k)s and Closing Costs

Although the week ended with the Dow Jones under 10,000, when it passed the mark on Wednesday, I sent out this tweet:
The Dow is over 10,000. Let's party like it's October 2008!
Of course, I was joking, but it is a significant milestone — at least for day traders, who often react only to perceived events.
According [...]

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If You're Going to Trade Stocks, Read This First

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Regular readers of Automatic Finances will know well that we advocate long term, buy-and-hold investing.
Overall, for both small and large investors, it remains the most stable and consistent approach to both wealth creation and preservation.
Short-term trading, in comparison, carries considerable risks to an investor's capital. That's why it's important to make that distinction between investing [...]

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