How to Beat a Choppy Market

In One Up on Wall Street, Peter Lynch argues that everyday investors actually have advantages over the typical professional fund jockey. Believe it.

Is it me, or has it been a while since we trotted out that blindfolded chimp? You know, the little fellow who outperforms the big guns on Wall Street by throwing darts at a newspaper stock table. Cute story. But is it true? And if it is true, why? Or should I say how? And where does this leave a bunch of Joe and Josephine Odd Lots like us? I mean, if the billionaire boys' club can't hack it -- with all their computers and contacts -- what chance do we have of beating that pesky chimp?