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Mar. 2nd, 2012 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birdwatcherInterviewer: Scenario. It’s January 1. You can invest in the stocks that make up the S&P 500. How do you guarantee that you will outperform the index by December 31?
Candidate: (extended silence, no idea)
Interviewer: Think about it statistically. And remember the S&P is market-cap weighted.
Candidate: … I have no idea…
Interviewer: Really? Think about it.
Candidate: (more painful silence) … Sorry, no clue.
Interviewer: Don’t buy the stocks that go down!
Candidate: Ah.
Candidate: (extended silence, no idea)
Interviewer: Think about it statistically. And remember the S&P is market-cap weighted.
Candidate: … I have no idea…
Interviewer: Really? Think about it.
Candidate: (more painful silence) … Sorry, no clue.
Interviewer: Don’t buy the stocks that go down!
Candidate: Ah.