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Picking stocks is only slightly better than buying a lottery ticket

Thanks to index funds and ETFs, diversification is easy and inexpensive to achieve

Picking stocks is only slightly better than buying a lottery ticket

Investors who think they can be successful stock-pickers are about to get some sobering news from new academic research, MarketWatch reports.

The good news: Yes, buying one stock gives you better odds than buying a lottery ticket.

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