CHD - The S&P 500 And You: Why Most Investors Did Not Beat The Market In 2018

Underperformed your benchmarks this year? There are quite a few reasons why that likely occurred — most of which are reoccurring. As we get into the close of what has been a very tough Q4, I wanted to disseminate the data I generally put together each December on S&P 500 (SPY) component performance. While proponents of ETF investing use similar findings as a cornerstone of why they recommend passive investing, those of us seeking true alpha generation try to take lessons away from what worked and what did not. A normal distribution curve