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TRX Student says finance project returns trailed S&P 500 despite heavy research
A Reddit user on r/investing describes a college StockTrak project in which they were given $1 million in fake money and, about two months in, report sitting slightly below the S&P 500's return despite hours of research and day trading. The poster says they hold 100% VTSAX in their Roth IRA and taxable brokerage account and conclude that two months is not enough to prove they cannot beat the market.
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- Only community or trader posts: r/investing
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What the sources claim
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The poster says their simulated portfolio is slightly below the S&P 500's return about two months into the project. SPX
“I'm sitting just slightly below the S&P 500's return”
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The poster says they spent several hours a day on research and day trading yet achieved nearly the same return as an index fund.
“All that work just to make nearly the same return as buying an index fund and doing nothing”
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The poster acknowledges two months is not enough time to prove they cannot beat the market.
“Obviously, two months isn't enough time to prove I can't beat the market”
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The poster says they hold 100% VTSAX in their Roth IRA and taxable brokerage account.
“I hold 100% VTSAX in my Roth IRA and taxable brokerage account”
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