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In every one of those seventeen categories,
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the dollar-weighted returns were
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less than the time-weighted returns.
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Well, how does that happen?
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The same way that these investors
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and the Internet tech funds lost their money.
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They bought after the funds had gone up
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and they sold after they had gone down.
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When you buy high and sell low
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it's really hard to generate returns,
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even if you do it with great enthusiasm and great volume.
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The Morningstar study is incredibly damning