Dislikedboth of you have valid point's as i do have the very same .. thats why i satarted this topic to get some more knowledge. hedge funds are either a very big scam .. or the 10% week/month are simply not realistic.Ignored
It's the liquidity in the end and the reason I would never ever trade money for other people. I'm specialised in high leveraged trading of small movements with some momentum and a few other things that don't scale that well. I make serious money, I will however never become as rich as buffet is at least not with that sort of trading. I had days where I made more than your average guy in a year but it's unlikely to ever go much higher than that so with a much bigger account size my percentage return would become smaller and smaller and ...
Investment grade buy-to-let apartment houses in bigger German cities come with around 5% return per annum (based on price and rental income at the time of acquisition) and people still buy them. They aren't stupid either, it's a good return if you want to invest some 7-8 figure sums.