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Warren Buffett wins his decade-long bet - but that doesn't mean stockpicking is dead A "dirt-cheap, computer-run" S&P 500 index tracker chosen by Warren Buffett has won him a decade-long bet against a portfolio run by a team of hedge fund mangers - and, in the end, it was not even close. Buffett's pick returned an annual 7.1% versus the hedge fund's 2.2%. This instance of success for Buffett and his chosen passive fund does not, however, mean active management is dead, says Telegraph personal finance editor Richard Dyson, who argues in this (premium) comment piece it would be wrong to ...
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