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- BREAKING: Average retail investors have materially underperformed the market this year
BREAKING: Average retail investors have materially underperformed the market this year
The average retail investor has returned just 3.7% year-to-date
According to JPMorgan data, average retail investor performance has been just 3.7% thus far this year. This is more than 20% lower than the S&P 500.

Retail investors are on track for the 4th consecutive year of underperformance.
If you are curious about how much return my personal portfolio has generated you can see a performance review in the following piece:
Additionally, you can find longer term data on retail performance versus the market below:
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