Bloomberg Markets magazine released its own ranking of the world's financial sector analysts last fall, and pointed out that «even the best - performing Wall Street firms and individual stock pickers failed to predict the fall and rise of most big financial stocks.» (canadianbusiness.com)
He likes individual stocks of quality companies, but I'm less comfortable with this approach since I'm a lousy individual stock picker — my first stock market moves can attest to that. (thedigeratilife.com)
If 90 % of funds underperform anyway, and if market prices reflect all available information and analysis, then are my chances as an individual stock picker really much worse than Susan's, despite her credentials, connections and resources, or am I stretching the point? (monevator.com)