About this episode

The episode discusses Peter Lynch's investment success and the paradox of average investors losing money despite the fund's performance.

Peter Lynch had one of the great runs in investing history. During his tenure at Fidelity Magellan, the fund compounded at extraordinary rates and smashed the S&P 500. Yet the famous story goes that when Fidelity studied the results of Magellan’s shareholders, the average investor had lost money...

People in this episode

Host: Travis Portwood

Topics covered

• investing history
• Fidelity Magellan
• average investor performance
• Peter Lynch
• market analysis

Keywords

• Peter Lynch
• Fidelity Magellan
• S&P 500
• investing
• average investor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fidelity Magellan, S&P 500

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