Stock Pickers' Weak Performance
The January meme-stock mania and a rally in smaller and cheaper stocks boosted optimism that active investing would make a comeback this year. However, as the year comes to a close, most professional stock pickers are finding themselves at the same spot, again: lagging the S&P 500 index.
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