Doesn't this contradict his support for index funds in his book A Random Walk Down Wall Street?

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Your expected return with a large, random portfolio is identical to the return on the index.

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And then finally, the other thing I've always been a big believer in, and Forbes magazine has been a great supporter from the very beginning of my Random Walk book, and that is put your money in low-cost index funds.

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