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dehrmann05/03/20252 repliesview on HN

Just because it beat indexes doesn't mean it couldn't have done better.

From 2017:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/06/warren-buffett-admits-he-mad...


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nabla905/03/2025

"Not to diminish the accomplishments of Magnus Carlsen , but he has lost many games."

"Not to diminish the accomplishments of the world's best poker player, but he did lose many hands."

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TeaBrain05/03/2025

Someone probably said something similar in the 1960s when Buffet avoided crowded Go-Go era investments in the 1960s to his benefit.