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If the dismal past performance of mutual funds hadn’t already convinced you of how difficult it is to beat the stock market, the market-lagging performance of U.S. college and university endowments should be enough.

The SNP's critics point to what they see as a dismal domestic record, on the NHS, housing and the number of deaths among drug addicts, for instance.

“We also still dismayed by basic operational gaps, high unit-closure rates, never-ending international restructuring and dismal earnings results,” he continued, adding: “We remain Neutral.”

That made sense because growth in the first quarter was dismal and the effective tariff rate was expected to exceed 20% this year.

It had been four months since his debut season took a dismal turn, landing on the injured list with a shoulder impingement following an opening month marred by poor performance and diminished stuff.