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The Most Boring Strategy That Beats Almost Everything

Jan 15, 2026
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Here’s an investing confession that will annoy a lot of very smart people:

Most “sophisticated” strategies don’t beat doing almost nothing.

Not hedge funds.
Not option overlays.
Not beautifully engineered systems with Greek letters and elegant logic.

Just… SPY.

And if you’re willing to tolerate a little discomfort?

A slightly leveraged SPY quietly beats nearly…

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