That was the high water mark of two myths: That stocks 'always outperform,' and that you can't possibly beat the market, so you should stop trying and just give in to index funds.

当时正是两种传说的全胜时期：一个是股市总是表现出众，一个是你无法战胜市场，所以你应该停止努力，干脆向指数基金屈服。

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But that will not stop the hunt for more measures that may reflect economic confidence, or lack of it: the “cufflink index”, anyone?

但这不会阻挡人们进一步寻求其他方法来反映经济信心的脚步，或者是反映经济没信心的方法：“袖扣指数”，这个如何？ 还有别的没？

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This is a sargable predicate, but not an index-sargable predicate (that is, it cannot be applied as a start/stop key on the index scan).

这是一个 sargable 谓词，而不是一个索引 sargable 谓词（即，它不能作为索引扫描的开始/停止键）。

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Earlier this year, the trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) decided to stop using the retail prices index (RPI) to uprate pensions each year.

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He says he did not stop this, believing it to be "a very sensible decision", because he felt Warnings Index checks were more important.

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