To Be, Or Not To Be … The ‘Average’ Investor Question

Do you just want to be average? Why that may not be such a bad thing.

Matt McDonough
Investor’s Handbook
4 min readMar 6, 2024

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Are you better than average? Regardless of your experience, this assumption, aka overconfidence bias is incredibly dangerous in investing.

You may strive for excellence and expect to earn significantly above-market returns. But…

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Matt McDonough
Investor’s Handbook

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