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Your morning brief · Thu, July 2
THE MACRO
Indices slipped as the 10-yr yield ticked up; risk tone cautious ahead of Friday's jobs report.
NVDA ▲ +0.16% $205.19
Quiet session, but the yield pause supports the AI-capex trade.
WATCH the annual stockholder meeting.
AAPL ▼ −0.62% $228.40
Lagged peers on China demand worries.
WATCH tariff headlines.
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TIME IN THE MARKET
Share of rolling periods with positive S&P 500 total returns, since 1950
Historically, no 20-year holder of the index has lost money. The longer the horizon, the better the odds.
THE DAY-TRADING RECORD
What the academic studies found
97%
of persistent day traders lose money
Fewer than 1% are consistently profitable — and active traders underperform the market by ~6.5 points a year on average.
Sources: S&P 500 rolling total returns since 1950; Chague, De-Losso & Giovannetti (2020), Brazilian futures day traders; Barber, Lee, Liu & Odean (2004), Taiwan; Barber & Odean (2000). Past performance is not indicative of future results. Not investment advice.
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