re: Investing Advice for a Noob

Which is all i was trying to say but i decided to go get drunk. I almost added in the part of the thesis where they debated what happens when everyone "catches on" to indexing. Thanks for adding that in foshizzle.

Ifs all about the odds and the lack of having hindsight. Apparently i could not convey 95% to 5% odds through a message board.

And sorry we parsed "always." I look at 95% and call it always because for all practical purposes if i have a 95 percent sure thing im not taking the 5.

Eta: i still see yall "proved" your point using perfect hindsight again, which is fine. In fact jm not sure there is a way to defeat the argument without using hindsight, since all data instantly becomes known/historical. I beat LSURussian in day trading all the time using hindsight

The sarcasm could have been left outside the discussion.