Take note: Electronic brokerage has made trading as cheap for little investors as it is for giants like Fidelity Contrafund.

FORBES: Be Your Own Fund Manager

Sequoia and Contrafund, for example, have stemmed inflows on occassion.

FORBES: BOND and the Future of Active ETFs

Then round out your portfolio with a few cheap index funds that will act more or less like the collection of smaller Contrafund positions that you are not buying individually.

FORBES: Be Your Own Fund Manager