outperform

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Researchers recently backtested a range of LLM-based trading strategies over 20 years and found that they mostly failed to outperform simple buy-and-hold investing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

However, his team also tested models of different sizes and found that larger models didn’t reliably outperform smaller ones, so there’s no guarantee that even-larger models will do any better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

“With less forward guidance, there’s more volatility, and that’s good for active management,” Triick said, adding that no volatility makes it harder for investors to outperform a benchmark.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Oppenheimer rates Tesla’s stock at outperform, but does not have a price target on it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Desaguliers and a friend later built models of both the Savery and the Newcomen engines: despite his extraordinary expertise, Desaguliers was plainly taken aback to see the Savery engine outperform the Newcomen engine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton