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We dip into the mailbag and answer questions about the decision to choose individual stocks over index funds.
If you own 60 stocks, doesn't it make more sense to just buy index funds? In this segment from The Motley Fool's everything-financials show, Where the Money Is, banking analysts David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer take a few questions from their mailbag and try to provide some guidance.
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David Hanson has no position in any stocks mentioned. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Bank of America, and Wal-Mart Stores. The Motley Fool recommends Bank of America and Berkshire Hathaway. The Motley Fool owns shares of Bank of America and Berkshire Hathaway. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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