Even Warren Buffett is no match for the S&P 500

Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A BRK.B stock over the past 20 years has almost precisely equaled the return of the S&P 500 SPX. Let that sink in for a minute. Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO, Warren Buffett, widely considered to be the most successful investor alive today, has merely matched the market’s return over the past two decades.

The fundamental question this raises for investors is how long we should give a manager the benefit of the doubt when failing to beat the market. All of us can readily agree that even the best advisers will…

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Futurist Eric Fry says it will be a “Summer of Surge” for these three stocks

One company to replace Amazon… another to rival Tesla… and a third to upset Nvidia. These little-known stocks are poised to overtake the three reigning tech darlings in a move that could completely reorder the top dogs of the stock market. Eric Fry gives away names, tickers and full analysis in this first-ever free broadcast.

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