Sentences with phrase «by rank amateurs»

Buffett, who has argued that investors — both small and large — would be better off putting money in low - cost index funds, wrote in his 2005 shareholder letter that active management professionals (hedge funds), as a group, would underperform the returns achieved «by rank amateurs who simply sat still.»

«I argued that active investment management by professionals - in aggregate - would over a period of years under - perform the returns achieved by rank amateurs who simply sat still.

Not exact matches

TENNIS Tony Trabert, named No. 1 singles amateur and first - ranked in doubles (along with Vic Seixas) for 1955 by USLTA (No. 1 women's doubles team: Louise Brough and Mrs. Margaret O. DuPont), achieved first pro success, put pressure on Pancho Gonzales for 2 - 6, 6 - 3, 6 - 4 victory at Los Angeles.

Limbhasut, a weekly challenger in national ranked amateur championships across the globe, got off on the right foot by posting a four - under - par 68, one better than La Jolla, Calif. native Perry Cohen.

Along the way, Warnock points the finger of blame at: Gareth Southgate, Rafa Benàtez and Alex Ferguson, for all playing weakened teams in their respective clubs» matches against United's relegation rivals; the officials who allowed West Ham to win at Blackburn with a «goal» that didn't cross the line; Times journalist Pete Lansley, for upsetting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny by asking about his troubled personal life in an interview; the FA («rank amateurs»), for not punishing West Ham for fielding two ineligible players, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano; and finally David Unsworth, for contriving a costly penalty miss for United against Blackburn midway through the season but then scoring from the spot at Bramall Lane for Wigan in the game that sent the Blades down at the Latics» expense.

These sleuths are rank amateurs and find their clues only by stumbling across them or forcing them into the open, regardless of the damage done.

Goon gets its inspiration from the true story of Doug Smith, who collaborated with Adam Frattasio to make a biography of how he made his way from amateur boxer into the rankings of minor league hockey fame by being the goon on the ice whose job it is to protect the star ornery players from the players on the other teams.

But, after this allocation, the rest of the art world, from rank amateur to seasoned professional, stands a fair and equal chance of being chosen, each piece being identified to the judging panel only by an anonymous number.

I now see that compared to Hsu Shian - ming of Taiwan, the Jerusalem man was just a rank amateur in this sex - by - trick game that must now be added to the LBW Trend Watch.