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When successful stock picking creates pressure to maintain unrealistic performance

I have outperformed index funds by picking growth stocks for five years, but I know this streak will probably end and I should quit while I am ahead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Temporary outperformance generates anxiety about inevitable reversion to average results.

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