Brilliant investing

I recently checked in on my retirement fund for the first time in a while. I was up 16% from this time last year. Yay! Go me!

Of course, most of my retirement is in index funds that track the market as a whole. (I keep about a third in relatively low risk bonds). So, how's the market as a whole doing? Up 17% from this time last year.

So, uh, I did almost as well as everyone else. Participation medals all around!

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