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kaia

@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com remote

the only good posts in r/algotrading are guys arguing about who has the worst ideas

cell classic

@cell@shitposter.world remote

@kaia how come no one talks about the bogleheads strategy of just investing in broad funds for years, slowly growing money at pace with the market (and beating inflation)

mer

@mer@yourwalls.today remote

@cell @kaia 'cuz you calculate the planned returns against your life expectancy and it aint that much unless you already make enough that you could let a hedge fund manage it for you

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kaia

@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com remote

@mer @cell
don't hedge funds usually have worse outcomes than index funds?

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mer

@mer@yourwalls.today remote

@kaia @cell yes/no/its complicated
basically depends on the hedge funds, some are risky bets for people that have too much money yeah but some HF return losses or subpar returns not because they are bad at investing but because they are doing tax optimization