Holding Stocks vs Index Funds

I always thought actively managing my holdings will get me better results. Even after consistently buying into high conviction stocks did not return more than a passive investor’s strategy of investing in <a href="https://www.google.com/finance/quote/.INX:INDEXSP" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">S&P 500</a> regularly. Above results that I achieved are over a duration of 1.25 years. We all know 2020 was a black swan. And for significant wealth creation investment horizon should at least be 5 years or more. However, I think passive investing is so much better for an investor who does not want to let stock market be their daily go to place. Let’s see if active investing gives better result than the passive strategy in the long run. However, at the time my <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/401kplan.asp" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">401(k)</a> account is beating my stock portfolio by 11%. Haha! Still figuring out active vs passive investing! <a href="https://vvivekf.medium.com/holding-stocks-vs-index-funds-286f38f067e8">Learn More</a>