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		crntaylor on Oct 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Source of extra income, no programming inv... I hope that you are either (a) a professional investor or (b) buying passive index funds.

6thSigma on Oct 6, 2013 [–]

I buy individual dividend stocks that I think are undervalued. I've (slightly) beaten the S&P 500 since I started investing.

In other words, I don't think you have to be a professional investor or buy index funds to do well in the stock market.

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