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    Three Reasons to Own Individual Stocks in an Efficient Market

    by Lauren Adams of Center for Financial Planning, 7/25/20

    I’ve long been a believer that markets are generally efficient (for large cap stocks in the U.S, at least). As such, I’m always skeptical of advisors that peddle their ability to select individual stocks that they claim will beat the market over the long term.

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