Spotting successful investors

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Drawing on his vast experience to create a set of behavioural indicators, Nick Dewhirst provides an insight into who is most likely to beat the market and how an investor can join this elite minority

If the vast majority of private and professional investors underperform, who actually beats the market? And how can one join this elite minority? Using more than three decades of experience, I have created a set of behavioural indicators to predict future market direction. These analyse investment decisions by different types of investors using official market statistics and investor surveys. The indicators compare those decisions with subsequent market performance to identify who is more often right or wrong. And I have now built up a library of 500 effective indicators covering the bond...

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