• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Just curious; why individual stocks rather than index funds? Is it just the gambling aspect of it i.e. chance of a quick win or is there something more to it?

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      7 months ago

      Chance of quick win. Individual stocks can move 5-10% in a day and index funds move much more slowly.

      But yeah everyone says it’s almost impossible to beat index funds long term.