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What if you could increase your investment returns more than 200% by simply understanding the role of luck versus skill in investing? Several recent studies have shown how, and if ever there was information the securities industry didn't want you to have, this is it.

The financial crisis exposed an industry that couldn't manage its own portfolios, much less provide worthwhile advice to clients. Yet 85% of investors continue to invest with brokers. Here are 10 reasons why that's a mistake.

Forget corporate bailouts for a second. How the government will regulate the people who help you manage your money will have a bigger impact on you than any other financial reform before Congress. At stake are the fees advisers charge and whether they must act in your best interest.

Lusha the Russian chimp's stock picks have outperformed 94% of the country's investment funds. Inspired by Lusha, DailyFinance's Daniel Solin has created a stock index based on the letters of his last name. We'll track it to see if it beats expert fund manager portfolios.

Want to invest wisely? Understand your goals and determine whether increasing your risk is worth the upside. Advisers focus on other things like market predictions and stock picking. Why? An educated investor might not need them if they concentrated on what matters.