In other words, you would have had a better chance of picking a top fund by literally throwing a dart at a dart board than picking a past top performer.
In particular, Nate Silver at his New York Times blog, FiveThirtyEight, came out on top by picking presidential election results correctly in every single state.
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Another common mistake: picking top-seeded teams to fold too early.
The Clandeboye man birdied 12 only to bogey 14 but he got back in the top 30 by picking up a shot on 15 and held his nerve to par the final three holes.
The system of picking the top 30 is very structured, but it almost always reflects the mini manias.
Frankly, there are an awful lot of good malts out there, and picking a top ten was not easy.
It's not often that picking the top-ranked player is high risk, but then this is the U.S. Open at Olympic.
In a new study to be released by the ASPCA, "physical appearance" is the top reason given for picking a particular puppy at an animal shelter.
The analyst's picks were good enough to make her the top overall analyst at picking stocks in Asia last year, outpacing the return of all the stocks in Wei's industry by 29.3%.
Picking the top performing funds may seem intuitive but it turns out that not only is past performance a poor indicator of future performance, it may actually be an indicator of poor future performance.
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One clear message we can draw from Mr Lew's selection is that President Obama feels more self-confident now than he did four years ago, at least when it comes to picking his top economic officials.
Trescothick soon followed after top-edging Ntini and picking out Rudolph in the deep, bringing to an end a marathon 374-ball innings which boasted 32 fours and two sixes.
Of course, Swansea is still some distance from competing for a Champions League spot or hovering around the top of the Premier League, but picking up a trophy on Sunday would represent real validation for its decadelong project.
The Miami Heat star was presented with the Maurice Podoloff Trophy for the fourth time in his career on Sunday after collecting 120 of the 121 first-place votes, with Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks picking up the lone remaining top choice.
Last year it launched a search-bar discussion forum website in Vietnam, after testing the waters with a directory (homepage with links), and seems to be picking up traffic, though Google remains the top choice there.
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The top prize usually goes to one college, but the people picking the winner decided Walla Walla and Santa Barbara equally met all the criteria with different results.
The survey, in its 21st year, identifies the top three analysts in each of 44 industries based on stock-picking skill.
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Top executives may like being at the hub of a vast, pulsing enterprise, picking up a moment-to-moment sense of what everyone is doing.
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The Bobcats' dismal distinction means it will have a 25% chance of getting the top pick in Wednesday's draft lottery -- and the greatest chance at picking Kentucky's all-world big man Anthony Davis.
As for the Marlins, picking-up free agents like Reyes and making a serious run for top-tier player Albert Pujols has to be seen as directly-related to their moving into a new ballpark.
For these reasons, we at ETF Channel find value to putting together these rankings, because both the top and the bottom ends of the list can often make for some interesting stock picking ideas for further research.
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For these reasons, we at ETF Channel find value to putting together these rankings, because both the top and the bottom ends of the lists can often make for some interesting stock picking ideas for further research.
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Top speeds in some cities have already gone from 30 to 50 megabits per second, without picking up a shovel.
Top Glove survived, listing on the Kuala Lumpur Exchange in 2001, around the time the glove market was picking up.
When I look at the top 100 stocks by market capitalization, my playing field, excepting Sirius XM Radio, implementation, or stock picking is still not a lay-up.
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