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Investing like the super rich doesn't mean top returns

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Erika Soderstrom

Aug 31, 2021

Even with access to private equity and hedge funds, investors won't get the same returns as their wealthier counterparts, a study indicates.

"When you have a lot of money, you get access to the best," says Chris Farrell, Marketplace’s senior economics contributor. And the wealthiest can build up infrastructure to monitor and analyze their investments, he added.

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