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REDDIT

Friends are convinced they can beat the S&P. Is it really that easy?

I have a few friends who over the last 6 months or so have gotten bigger into investing. They don’t invest in ETFs and build their portfolio out with individual stocks. I know that analysts do this and often can beat the market but I am hesitant to follow some of their investments. Quite honestly I think they are going to get burned.

One of them is literally putting the company that owns GTA 6 into his Roth. He bought like 5 shares.. the day after preorders were available.

I do not work in finance so I am not as skilled in analyzing markets so maybe I’m just playing it too safe but I feel like this isn’t going to end well.. right?