Most U.S. Stock Pickers Failed to Beat Index Last Year, S&P Says

  • Study finds the pattern persists over five and ten years
  • Managers who bought international equities fared better

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Chalk up another victory for indexing.

Sixty-six percent of mutual-fund managers who buy large U.S. stocks underperformed the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index last year, according to a study by S&P Dow Jones Indices.

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Most U.S. Stock Pickers Failed to Beat Index Last Year, S&P Says